Wesleyan vs. Bates vs. Hamilton vs. Colgate

[cam3715]

<p>I've applied to Wesleyan, Bates, Hamilton and Colgate.</p>

<p>I really like the curriculum at each school, and I understand that each has a decent mathematics department. All of the schools appear to be very good preparation for grad school. Being able to double major outside the maths and sciences is also important and appears to be possible at all of these schools.</p>

<p>I am looking for:
-- a collaborative environment
-- casual music (instrumentally, not as a major)
-- non-varsity level of swimming or crew (somewhat seriously, but leaving academics as a priority)
--active outing club/or similar</p>

<p>I was also wondering what differences there are in the social atmosphere between the schools.</p>

[morganhil]

<p>I can’t comment on all of these schools, but I will say that Wesleyan certainly has a very collaborative academic environment. Many classes have group projects, free tutoring is plentiful and it is not a place where people paste their GPA on their foreheads. Check out wesleying.org, the student blog, to check out the music scene. There is both a varsity and JV crew team as well as a class in rowing offered for credit by the coach. You can contact the head of the Wesleyan Outing Club for details on that: <a href=“https://wesep.wesleyan.edu/cgi-perl/students/wsanew/wsa_groups.cgi[/url]”>https://wesep.wesleyan.edu/cgi-perl/students/wsanew/wsa_groups.cgi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;