<p>So I was really interested in Wes, the visit was nice and it seems to have some good programs. But I heard that drugs are huge there and that kids sit on the hill and just use shrooms so I've been really worried. I don't mind if some people smoke but I wouldn't want to always smell it or have most of my friends do it. Also, does it ever get boring being so far from a city? What's the best and worst thing about Wes? That's a lot so don't feel the need to answer all of it!</p>
<p>The social scene at Wesleyan is one the best things about it, depending on the type of person you are. It’s the only party scene within NESCAC (with the possible exception of Tufts) that isn’t entirely controlled by its sports teams. Every weekend at Wesleyan, with its internationally recognized music scene, you can find live band concerts, a cappella groups, skit comedy, poetry readings, or lectures. The venues are numerous and centrally located and with the exception of a couple of all-male fraternities, pretty safe spaces to relax after a hard week of school work. In fact the whole modern Wesleyan campus was designed in order to lure kids away from Greek life. It may have worked all too well.</p>
<p>That being said, it is difficult to get away from drug and alcohol use with so much going on. Every year on April 20th there is a ritual photo-op at the top of the hill to demonstrate support for de-criminalizing marijuana laws (which they pretty much have done in Connecticut, for small quantities) and the turnout is usually impressive. I believe the record was 1,500 a couple of years ago. But, even assuming every one of them was a regular user (a HUGE assumption), that still leaves another 1,300 or so people who are not that into it. That’s enough people to populate Haverford or Swarthmore - a roundabout way of saying, there are enough people at Wesleyan who don’t partake that you will not feel intimidated or isolated.</p>
<p>Personally, I think the worst thing about Wesleyan is the hook-up scene. There are probably a thousand grandfatherly things I could say about it that would fall on deaf ears, so I’ll refrain. I just think there ought to be a cooling off period before people hop into bed with each other (there, I guess I said it anyway.)</p>
@robbietoy, by “likely” did you mean that you received a likely letter, or as LAC call it, an early write.
@robbietoy - If you think you are going to get away from drug use by attending Pitzer, you are sadly mistaken. According to the 5C newspaper article quoted below, there were 39 drug related referrals from Pitzer to the campus authorities in 2013. That’s for a college community approximately one third the size of Wesleyan, meaning, that on a per capita basis the rate of occurrence was nearly the same.
Moreover, the Pitzer referrals were strictly as a result of ambient complaints of suspicious activity. It certainly appears as if the 5C colleges have a far more passive approach toward drug enforcement than Wesleyan:
http://www.tsl.pomona.edu/articles/2013/2/22/feature/3613-drug-policies-prove-difficult-to-enforce
@Robbitoy-Perhaps you should suspend your second thoughts until you’re accepted elsewhere. 
Also, my daughter flew the West Coast/Bradley route for four years. Have you seriously considered the cost and considerable hassle?