<p>I personally chose to attend Wesleyan over offers at Macalester and Oberlin, and chose not to pursue getting off the waitlist at Emory, CMC, and Middlebury. Wesleyan seemed much more genuinely intellectual, out-of-the-box, and engaging than Mac or Oberlin. People here seemed, based on my visits, more intellectually curious, engaged, and knowledgeable than at either of the other two both in AND out of the classroom. After attending Wesleyan’s admitted students weekend, I was pretty much sold on the community and the environment here, so I didn’t pursue waitlist spots at my three waitlist schools, especially as I hadn’t visited either CMC or Emory. I have personally found Wes to be the perfect fit for me, though of course this is different for every student, and haven’t looked back since!</p>