<p>I've visited 15 schools and it's come down to Davidson vs Wesleyan. I'd love to apply early decision and because I'm an average-but not stellar- candidate for these schools it'd be advantageous but I want to be completely sure.
I'm a social, very outgoing and friendly person who likes to have a good time. I think it's important to have a sense of school pride and spirit. At the same time, I love art and indie music, I'm pretty liberal and laid back, and I seek a diverse intellectual environment. I come from a very preppy, wealthy and conservative private school of 200 students and though I've had a good experience there, I seek something very different. I'm an aspiring English major
I did an overnight at Wesleyan and loved it. The people there went out of their way to be friendly and welcoming, which surprised me. Many that I hung out with that night told me I'd "fit in perfectly" there. I went to an earth house meeting and an open mic night and I thought it was the best. I like the slightly larger size of Wesleyan's student body and the engaged atmosphere there.
I visited Davidson during Discover Davidson. Initially in my college visits, I'd visited more southern schools like Wake Forest and was turned off by them, but thought Davidson might be the perfect combination between Southern school pride and the genuine, diverse intellectual environment I liked in northern schools. I was right. However I visited on an open house day that felt very manufactured by the admissions department. I feel like I didn't get to see Davidson in the same way and since it's 7 hours away from where I live, it's not convenient to visit again. I liked that it was a primarily intellectual environment but still had division I sports...even though I wouldn't consider myself an athlete I love watching sports.
Would I be able to find the sense of diversity and intellectual awareness at Davidson? Would there be the same kind of school pride at Wesleyan? and which one would be a better fit cause I really want to go to both of them and don't want to miss out</p>
<p>you sound like someone who would love wesleyan…
wesleyan is also a lot more diverse (ethnic, interests, just about anything) than davidson.</p>
<p>they are both great schools and I’m sure you could find a comfortable niche at Davidson, but Wesleyan sounds like a better match for your interests.</p>
<p>One additional suggestion I would offer, as a Wesleyan alum who has a son at Wesleyan who is a freshman with some of your academic interests is this: Open up the Wesleyan website and examine the courses in English and in the College of Letters and then compare to what Davidson offers in similar departments. My point is that Wesleyan has a richer, deeper and more distinctive curriculum (and faculty) than you would find at Davidson, which is truly a wonderful school as well.</p>
<p>I appreciate the replies, thank you very much! morganhill that’s a really good suggestion I’ve done it before and you’re right- i was more impressed with Wesleyan’s curriculm. It’s hard because they’re such great schools. Honestly the only thing I’d feel like I was missing at Wesleyan is the intense school spirit at Davidson especially over basketball. honestly im leaning towards wesleyan though</p>