Campus Cutie: Eric Wainman ’15

 

You only have one week to get to know this week’s Campus Cutie, track star and economics brainiac Eric Wainman ’15! You better move fast because he certainly does…

 

Name: Eric Wainman


Major: Economics & Mathematics

Hometown: Glastonbury, CT

Year: 2015

Astrological sign: Cancer

Relationship status: Complicated 

Sexual orientation: Straight

 

 

Favorite thing about Short Term: Sport Term

 

What are you involved in on Campus: JA/RC, Track, trying to publish my thesis 

 

Ideal job: Self-employed in commercial real estate investing

 

After graduation plans: Working in Boston as an economic consultant. 

 

Places on campus where you can most often be found: Commons, the track, walking around aimlessly…(that’s a joke)

 

Summer plans: Hanging out with my dogs. (Their names are Gilford and Alfred.)

 

Pick one food to eat for the rest of your life: Huge salad that has meat and vegetables in it, like a Caesar salad.

 

You have a whole Saturday afternoon free. What do you do? Go for a hike, go for a run, go out to eat.

 

Pick a pick-up line: “Are you tired? ‘Cause you have been running through my mind all day.”

 

Dream date: Going for a nice long hike with a picnic at the top of the mountain and watching the sunset. 

 

 

You just won the lottery! What do you do with the money? Invest in commercial real estate and quit my job.

 

How would your friends describe you in three words? Athletic, curious, “high energy” (hyperactive).

 

Pick your Patronus: Jaguar — they are fast, aggressive, jump, and they live in the jungle.

 

 

Dream vacation: Fiji, because I want to swim, run in the beach and hang out. Or maybe the Amazon jungle…

 

Pick a superpower: Control time, so I can see the future and accomplish everything that I want to do in life.

 

Life motto: “He who hesitates is lost.”

 

Theme song: Eye of the Tiger by Survivor.

 

Celebrity crush: Olivia Wilde. 

 

First thing you notice about a girl: When I talk to her or when I see her? When I see her — how she walks. When I talk to her — if she is smart or not, if she can carry herself well. 

 

Top three favorite qualities in a girl: Smart, willing to challenge me (intellectually curious), sweet…but with a bit. She needs to be able to call me out on what I do wrong or on my B.S. 

 

 

What is the best way to make a good first impression on you? Walking in gym clothes and challenging me off the bat. 

 

Do you have your eye on anyone at Bates? Yes.

 

What is one thing on your Bates bucket list? Moose run.

 

If you were to dedicate a romantic song, what would it be? All of Me by John Legend or Your Song by Elton John.