<p>Hi everyone,</p>
<p>I just got in as a transfer to Wesleyan! :) I wanted to say hi to everyone who's there/maybe going next year, but I had a few questions... does anyone know at Wes, how easy it is to make friends when everyone (except the frosh) already know everybody? I'm at one of the seven sisters schools now and I love it and I love the people, but I applied to Wes because it has better tennis than here, and...of course for the co-edness :) I'm having trouble deciding whether to leave or to stay...so, if anyone knows anything about transferring, or if there's any special transfer program or anything like that, that would be amazing!</p>
<p>Thanks so much :)
Karen</p>
<p>hey congrats! i also got accepted to wesleyan. very very very very very surprised, but incredibley happy! i'm not 100% sure if i'll be able to go, depends on some things, but maybe i'll see you there!</p>
<p>My daughter transfered as a soph five years ago. Their orientation runs concurrent with the frosh, but they also have events that are for the transfers only. She made a ton of good friends very fast. Initially most were other transfers, plus some frosh. Eventually, some of her best friends were people in her class which were not transfers. The had about 60 transfrs that year, and they made a big effort to make them feel like they were part of the school right away.</p>
<p>Yeah Accepted as well!!!!...and also very confused. I was very depressed at the time that I applied to Wes, but now I've grown to like many aspects of my college. While the LAC I'm currently at is on par academically with Wesleyan, it definitely has a rich kid, preppy, athletic vibe and reputation that I don't particularly enjoy being a part of. Although I've heard that Wes students don't ascribe to the above characteristcs, I'm sure that I can expect some degree of outward displays of wealth at any institution that costs 160,000 dollars. I don't know if im being idealistic to expect the atmosphere Wes to be significantly different from here.</p>
<p>Tenniskar and Me2, where do you guys currently go?</p>
<p>While these are all LACs, I do think that Wesleyan has an atmosphere that really does set it apart. Though I've never experienced life at another college, I just feel completely at home here, and even felt that way when visiting around to lots of different schools in high school.</p>
<p>Worrying about whether it's worth it to make the transition (leaving all your friends, the professors you've established relationships with, the inside jokes about everything...) is completely understandable. It's not necessarily worth it, now that you've already started somewhere else.</p>
<p>I think that Wesleyan has a decidedly different atmosphere than Williams, which I looked at (loved the monkey carrolls in the library! and the tutorials! and people seemed friendly, at least), but was a little scared off by how important skiing seemed to be. I'm sure there are wonderful people there, and there are ski enthusiasts at Wesleyan, but there's a definite vibe difference. Wesleyan has a reputation as a something of a hippie commune, but there's certainly a lot of every type of person - the common denominator is that it's just laidback.</p>
<p>I wish it weren't too late for you to do a campus visit and see what it's like in person, with all the students on campus, to see if it's the right fit for you. It seems like staying overnight would be ideal in your situation.</p>
<p>As for Bryn Mawr, I'd just like to say... boys. It makes all the difference, whether you're sexually attracted to them or not. Knocking out a whole gender from your college experience detracts significantly from the diversity that it's important to have around you, in my opinion.</p>
<p>I've heard some very good things about the transfer program from transfers. Most of them initially have a lot of transfer friends, due to transfer orientation, which helps them not be alone at the beginning, but eventually mainstream and make plenty of friends everywhere. Departments have been very accomodating in allowing transfers to complete majors when their circumstances have been less than ideal at previous institutions.</p>
<p>Well, both the schools you listed are pretty awesome. I have a friend currently at Williams and one of my friends is going to Bryn Mawr.</p>
<p>That being said, the atmosphere at Wesleyan's completely different. I didn't apply to either of the other two schools. Firstly, I'm a male (damn, not pimp enough to go to Bryn Mawr :-P) and secondly, I decided not to apply to Amherst/Williams because of my preconceived notion of what the student body would be like. I feel like I'd associate more with the student body at a school like UChicago or Swarthmore, than with say an ivy school.</p>
<p>The both of you are at amazing schools and have awesome opportunities afforded to you already, so your choice isn't driven as much by academia than by who you want to be around. Unless you have a very art oriented major which it would seem that wesleyan would be more favourable for.</p>
<p>Good luck deciding, you already know you can't go wrong. But there's a reason you decided to apply as a transfer so don't let emotions cloud your thinking because you know that you'll be happy.</p>