<p>Hey everyone. I'm a Freshman this year at Wesleyan. Ask me anything and everything!</p>
<p>does your name have anything to do with the band?</p>
<p>How mac-friendly is Wesleyan? I DESPISE windows and I'm planning on switching to mac.</p>
<p>Please tell me about Wesleyan, type of kids who go there, social scene (specifically party scene), work load, class size, etc. My son is considering applying there. Are you happy? Do you fly into Hartford or drive there?
Thanks. Celticbar</p>
<p>futurenyustudent: Wesleyan is RIDICULOUSLY mac friendly. In fact, sometimes I almost feel uncomfortable being a PC person :P It seems like it's almost 50/50 to me (sorry, no linux or unixers that I've met yet), but I'm not sure what the actual percentage is.</p>
<p>Celticbar: I am ridiculously, intensely happy here... and while I think I would have done well at other colleges, I can't imagine a school more perfect for college than this. The atmosphere is passionate and intellectual, the classes small, the professors enthusiastic and (for the most part) brilliant, the campus the epitome of "college campusiness," the student body close and full of community warmth, tons of lectures and plays and concerts and improv and who-knows-what-else going on at all moments. The housing situation is pretty awesome (no cramped tiny dingy doubles as a freshman!), and the food isn't terrible. The workload is not overwhelming for the most part; students I know at Wesleyan spend less time studying per day than students I know at other colleges. Some might see this as a downfall, but it doesn't mean students aren't busy - they're just crazy doing so many other things. Also, if the workload seems too easy, there's always the option of taking extra classes (which many students choose to do). The party scene is fun and enjoyable - you see the same people around, which creates a nice feeling of unity and community. There are the usual college drinking parties, but also such randomly themed parties as the "Sex Party" (dress as scantily clad as possible) or the "Literary Ball" (dress as your favourite literary character). Really, whatever you're into, it's probably here - Wes students really are pretty diverse (and quirky).</p>
<p>Hope that helps!</p>
<p>would a good art portfolio carry any weight in getting in? im pretty interested in wes, and am mostly interested in art and philosophy. so i guess, i've heard wes has a great arts program and environment, but how do most of the people treat/respond to the arts?
thanks</p>
<p>Wesleyan is probably the only NESCAC college where the arts, including performing arts, are taken more seriously than sports, IMHO.</p>
<p>RJMXC, yes my name does have to do with the band.</p>
<p>niiiiice, they are my favorite band.</p>
<p>Sweet, you should come to Wesleyan!</p>
<p>why is that?</p>
<p>i am actually considering Vassar more now that I know the lead singer is an alum. </p>
<p>but Wes is still up there</p>
<p>Yaay Wes!! Yaay Middletown!!</p>
<p>do you know how many of your friends are going to apply to law, med, or any grad school in general? </p>
<p>how pretty/ugly is the campus?</p>
<p>are ppl friendly? (easy for minority to fit in?)</p>
<p>i am going to apply Wesleyan Freeman Asia Scholarship program</p>
<p>Can you give some description of the College of Social Studies and how it fits into the regular campus being some sort of trimester system in a two semester university?</p>
<p>AlanArch, I'll take this opportunity to elaborate on my earlier remarks in another thread.</p>
<p>CSS, IMHO, is probably the best thing to emerge from Wesleyan's "Golden Era", generally thought to have coincided with the presidency of the late Victor Lloyd Butterfield which lasted from 1943 to 1967. It was an early adaptor of non-graded courses, interdisciplinary teaching, and echoed the philosophy of some of the great advocates of liberal learning of the twentieth century, innovators like, Alexander Meiklejohn (who was forced to resign the presidency of Amherst over similar attempts at making rich kids earn their degrees) and Frank Ayledotte, the former president of Swarthmore. </p>
<p>CSS, like its sibling, the College of Letters, is extremely labor intensive -- both for the students who enroll and the faculty who teach in it. The only other place like it is Swarthmore's Honors Program (hence it's debt to Ayeldotte.) For people who want that pure liberal arts experience with a nod toward the social sciences, CSS is the real deal.</p>
<p>That being said, the trimester system does make it difficult for people outside the CSS bubble to buy into it. That is not so much a problem for the average CSSer, who is free -- even encouraged -- to take courses outside of CSS. But -- and again, this is just my opinion -- it does make CSS almost a kind of oasis for "Old Wesleyan", a mixture of moderate Democrats, moderate conservatives, future lawyers and an awful lot of Peace Corps volunteers.</p>
<p>In other words, you will find very little of "weird" Wesleyan in CSS -- which may or may not be what you are looking for. ;)</p>
<p>Johnwesley, I think that was very helpful. Assuming my son can get into Wesleyan as it is a stretch for him, the other concern is if Wesleyan a good fit for him. That is still undetermined. We will be at Wesleyan tomorrow and he will sit in on a class or two and probably have an interview. My thought is that Wesleyan might be a little "wierd" for him but only a little. He is from NYC and is becoming politically aware but is not forceful in his views.</p>
<p>Hello! I have a couple of questions:
- How's the food at Wesleyan?
- Is getting to Boston or NY from Middletown a hassle via public transportation?
- How is the music scene? Are there a plethora of rather interesting local bands? Do other bands tend to pass by Middletown for a show or two frequently? (I cannot live without music :])
- How is the library at Wesleyan? Would a bona-fide bookworm feel like they just walked into a candy store?
- How friendly are the faculty towards the students? In general, are student-teacher relationships on the formal or the informal side?</p>
<p>Thanks :]</p>
<p>bravery: you have totally sold me on wesleyan ^_^</p>
<p>hmmm I'm a linuxer....... will I fit in the social circle? If I get in... what type of people do get in?</p>