In 1987 Calkins father set up an interview for Mary with Wellesley College. Impressed with Mary but still skeptical due to her gender Mary was offer a job tutoring Greek, which she accepted. Mary remained in the Greek Department for three years.

However, a professor in the Department of Philosophy noticed her talent of teaching. He told Mary that if she would study in the new field of psychology, she would be given a teaching position. Mary considered schools both in and outside of the country, looking for one that would meet her standards and give her an equal chance as a woman. Mary came to the conclusion that Harvard was the school she wished to attend because they were the most advanced in the field of psychology. Calkins ran into some problems, Harvard would not allow her to sit in on lectures because she was a woman. Mary’s father then again came to the support of his daughter by petitioning the school to allow Mary to attend the lectures. With the help of the President of Wellesley College Mary convinced Harvard to allow her to sit in on the lectures. Harvard did make it clear though that Calkins was only a guest and not to be a student at the school or eligible for enrollment in any way. So Calkins attended the seminars of James and Royce, and later Munsterberg. After studying under these men Calkins began working on a thesis of her own, which she presented to Harvard after a pe

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