<p>I know that there's no set type of people that go to any college (Wesleyan included), but I would like to know who would be attracted to the college. I'm really interested in it, and am curious to see what other people are as well. thanks</p>
<p>read the book "The Gatekeepers" that follows the adcoms at Wesleyan for a full year and you'll have your answer.</p>
<p>Actually I read that book just last week lol. I know that the college is looking for highly diverse students, but who else goes there besides the native american who is a nationally ranked ping pong player?</p>
<p>There was a thread recently on Wesleyan and I-banking which I thought illustrated the lure rather precisely. At first blush you don't really think of Wesleyan and I-banking in the same sentence. Yet, the deeper the OP looked at the matter, the better Wesleyan looked. Wesleyan is a place for people with big dreams, but, who don't necessarily want to be around people with the same exact ones. This explains why such a little place (under 2800 u/g) should produce so many people at the top of so many disparate fields over the last generation or so-- Academy Award nominees, Emmy Award nominees, the man who introduced the ATM to banking, a Super Bowl champion, best selling authors -- the list could go on forever. Wesleyan is not very pre-professional, so you're going to have to enjoy connecting the dots between a lot of different courses of study that don't sound like careers, but which, in the long run prepare you to think and to analyze and to communicate. The place likes to cast a wide net; so, you'll find people from all parts of the country, but, the Northeast and California seem to predominate. It's expensive and academically rigorous so, that puts a premium on kids from the upper middle class. But, I think Wesleyan also sees itself as the sort of place where a hard-working kid from the city, or from a rural part of the country would also feel comfortable. There aren't a lot of snapped collars evident (unless worn as a joke) and the most popular cause is the pursuit of a living wage for campus janitors. But, contrary to nasty rumors, I've never heard of anyone receiving a bad grade because they disagreed with a professor politically. Wesleyan students, on the whole, do not equate a person's political beliefs with the person themselves. In short, I think you have to be adventurous to go to Wesleyan.</p>