<p>I am probably going up for an official visit (crew) sometime in October...Has anyone else done official visits at Wesleyan? Or does anyone play sports there?
I kind of wanted to go for a D1 school, but I really like Wesleyan, so I don't know.</p>
<p>I am interested in playing football at Wesleyan.</p>
<p>Our crew team is pretty decent :) I suggest staying overnight with a crew team member... should be fun! Find out how you feel after the overnight... if you're willing to sacrifice the D1 for the awesomeness of Wes, it's worth it. I don't actually do sports, but a ton of people here do. </p>
<p>Also, I host people on official visits, and it really depends on what kind of host you get. It's usually pretty laidback. Good luck!</p>
<p>Hey Madjoy:</p>
<p>I'm a junior in high school and visited Wes this summer. I loved the school but got little feel for it since it was devoid of students. I will go back Fall of my senior year. From all I have read about the student body as a whole(activism, intellect, funloving etc.) it seems like a good fit.</p>
<p>About the overnight hosts, are they volunteers vetted by adcom or all volunteers are used? It seems to me that alot of a potential students' decsion about a school after an overnight will come down to the host and the host's friends. Are the hosts given any orientation how to showcase the school? Do the hosts ask their guests in advance the guest's interests to try to showcase areas of interests? Do the hosts assist in helping guests check out a class? Any insights?</p>
<p>Hmm. Overnight hosting is really laidback - you tell the admissions office that you want to host prefrosh, and then they give you calls from time to time asking if you can host someone on some given night. Sometimes they make an effort to pair them up by interest, if possible, and I believe that you can make specific requests (ie. if you want to stay with someone who is Jewish, etc.)</p>
<p>Personally, I think it's better that way. It gives you an honest feel for the campus. The hosts haven't been trained to do anything, so you find out how life really is. Maybe you decide your host is a total nerd and you're way cooler than they are, or maybe s/he is a total jock and you don't know what a touchdown is, but it somehow always seems to work out. Most hosts are eager to give advice, or they wouldn't have volunteered to host prefrosh, so if you tell them about an extracurricular or department you're particularly interested in, they'll help get you in touch with the right people.</p>
<p>thanks mad, dana</p>
<p>My D did an overnight at Wes a few weeks ago and loved it!
Contact the coach of the sport you wish to play and have an overnight arranged with a team player. She stayed with a player, attended a couple of classes, and helped at the snack bar during a football game and felt like she belonged there.
Definitely do an overnight at any college you are seriously considering.
The coach can help with admission, but you still must have the grades to qualify. Good luck!</p>
<p>Wes has fallen on hard times in football. They have a modicum of talent but easily the weakest coaching staff in the NESCAC. Coach Hauser is an offensive passing guru period. They have no run attack and haven't since "99.
Raba is a lax guy and gives a half-hearted effort to the football not that he isn't a nice guy. The real problem is the O-LINE guy from Western Connecticut
just woeful and out of character at Wes. With the present situation of a dearth of talent combined with an inept coaching staff Wes tech will be replacing Hamilton as the league doormat for years to come. The Little Three is really the Big Two and WEE-WEE Westech. Look elsewhere before making the tech your football destination.</p>
<p>I disagree. From the games that I have seen of them, Wesleyan has a pretty strong defense, their linebackers, D-line, and secondary are all pretty well coached. It's the offense that's the problem. I don't get why they keep sticking to like a west coast run and gun offense, obviously they don't have enough depth or speed at WR to handle that kind of offense. I saw some pretty big dudes on the O-Line, probably 300+, I don't understand why they don't start pounding it inside more. I mean they have good QBs in Librizzi and Canter but still, if you run 4 wide every single snap, obviously the D is going to key in on your receivers. Maybe more draws, screens, toss sweeps, reverses to slow down the defense?</p>
<p>The defense is pretty solid, IMO. </p>
<p>But I'll find out next year if you are right I guess(if I get into Wes that is). Birch, what is your impression of Coach Loney, the D-Line coach?</p>
<p>As a follow up, my D is considering applying ED due to her love of Wes.
I require more convincing, though, and we're meeting with the coach this weekend. I'm only the wallet, though, so I don't count much. At least I won't count as much $$ after she attends Wes.....</p>
<p>I would agree with you that size is not a negative factor. You have hit the nail on the head. The offense has no run game. They feel screens take to much time to practice apparently. I don't know about Looney. The scores tell me they can't stop the pass. Their secondary is a disaster. When you are on the field as long as their D is you simply wear down. It is time for a clean slate of coaches but with Hauser on the official faculty that is unlikely to occur any time soon. Alumni giving is about to take a severe beating this yearI can tell you that much.</p>
<p>The frustrating thing is that they do have talent, I think they had 3 all-NESCAC selections this year and a couple Academic All Americans. But they didn't put it together, I guess.</p>
<p>Oh well, there's always next year.</p>