Papadakis Triplets

Questions

1. What extracurriculars do you do?

2. What’s your favorite flavor at Stillwells?

3. What are your sisters’ favorite ice cream flavors at Stillwells?

4. What’s the best class you’ve taken at Exeter, and why?

5. What’s your favorite subject, and why?

6. What did you do last summer?

7. What’s your favorite part of being a triplet?

8. What’s your least favorite part of being a triplet?

9. How has going to school with your siblings affected your Exeter experience?

Joanna Papadakis

1. I run track and cross country, am a co-head of ESSO Just Keep Smiling, ESSO Youth Dance Ensemble, club president for Empower 2 Play and an ESSO board member for the communications team. I also am a club attendee of ESSO Gal Pals!

2. My favorite Stillwells ice cream flavor is German Chocolate Cake.

3. Lena's favorite flavor is probably their Cookie Monster gelato and Alex's might be their black raspberry, but I’m not sure!

4. My best class at Exeter was probably Chemistry 220 with Mr. McTammany. It was G format and I had EF track before, so it was generally the format no one looked forward to, but our teacher made the class super interactive and fun.

5. My favorite subject is chemistry, and I love it partly because it was something I never thought I was going to enjoy.

6. I worked at Bottomline Technologies, a software company in Portsmouth, N.H., with their global marketing team as an intern. It was an amazing experience and I learned a lot!

7. I like that we never have to go anywhere truly alone. It’s as though you have two automatic friends at your side no matter what!

8. I think sharing clothes—I know most siblings hate sharing clothes, but I think it’s even worse for us because we are all so close to each other. It’s like WWIII if I go into Alex’s closet!

9. I think the hardest part about Exeter is the competitive atmosphere, and then having to introduce each other into that atmosphere. I hate competing against anyone, especially my sisters, so I think we all have tried to really branch out and become interested in many different areas as a way to compensate for this.

Lena Papadakis

1. I’m currently co-head of two science clubs (biology research and neuroscience), as well as co-head of the ESSO club Just Keep Smiling with my sister, Joanna. I’m a member of another ESSO club called Youth Dance Ensemble, which is run by my sister Joanna and my best friend since kindergarten, Bella Weissman. I also work as an IT proctor and at the library circulation desk.

2. I’d prefer a cupcake or a brownie over ice cream.

3. Alex: Purple Cow Joanna: Green Monster or Death by Chocolate

4. AP BIOLOGY! It was my favorite class because we always had a lot of fun inside and outside of class.

5. BIOLOGY! I’ve always been interested in the science of living things, so biology has always been on the forefront of subjects that I enjoy.

6. I spent 10 weeks as an intern in the Neurosurgical department of a cancer research hospital in California’s City of Hope. During the last two weeks of summer, I also traveled to Greece with my family.

7. Always having two built in friends no matter where you go.

8. This mainly pertains to my identical sister Joanna, but my least favorite part is being confused for her because there are some days I just don’t feel like correcting people or just don’t even acknowledge people who may be calling her name after me on the paths.

9. It was helpful to go into prep year already knowing at least two people—that’s always a plus! But, regardless, it’s been great to have them on campus because you know that if you need help on something or if you’re just too stressed out to even function that they’ll be there for you, ready to help or at least ready to commiserate right along with you.

Alex Papadakis

1. ESSO Youth Dance Ensemble, ESSO Pen pals, ESSO Just Keep Smiling

2. Black Raspberry with chocolate jimmies in a plain cone is my standard order, but I can go for mostly any flavor.

3. Um … cookie monster for Lena? If that’s even a thing ... basically any flavor that you would have liked as a kid with a ton of random candy in it. And Joanna, maybe Rockie Road?

4. I’m really enjoying the senior English Multigenre elective with Lundy Smith right now—definitely up there as one of my favorites. But also Prep Bio with Mr. Matlack may take the cake.

5. Spanish, because I think it is the most engaging and exciting class when discussion goes well.

6. I worked at a Financial Software Company as their Recruiting Coordinator for most of the summer, but went to Greece to visit family for the last two weeks.

7. Always having two of your best friends going through the same things as you… like college applications!!!

8. The COMPETITION.

9. They’ve definitely made me smarter. Plus they’re my own personal math tutors.