Ask anything about student life at Wesleyan (or about Wesleyan in general)! - Page 11

smartalic34 · 04-28-2009, 10:18 PM

you'll see the random student go to Yale for some event that their friend from home is in, but students really don't go to other campuses often (at least that I know of)... I'm sure there are people that do, but the bast majority are on campus. It's even rarer for students to head up to MA... but again, some do to visit friends from home, etc. there is no need to do so socially or academically, as everything you need is on campus. you wont get bored here

Keilexandra · 08-05-2009, 12:31 PM

Is it possible to complete the GE requirements without taking any labs / hard science?

Nigiri · 08-05-2009, 01:00 PM

Is there a lot of fission/fusion of student bands? Are there performance venues and is it fun or competitive? My S is a jazz/rock/improv pianist, though this is not his choice for a career at this time. He wants to jam out, and he wants an audience, playing the keys means a lot of bands will want him, but he is not going to stress out to become the next MGMT.

johnwesley · 08-05-2009, 04:29 PM

Nigiri - I can't answer from first-hand experience, but, here's an interesting testimonial from, "our Connecticut cousin", of all places:

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Wesleyan's music scene, for instance, is intimately tied to off-campus houses. However, because off-campus housing at Yale is anything but institutional there's no guarantee that houses...will fall into the hands of tenants who want to have the responsibility of carrying on a tradition of loud music.

The New Journal Magazine at Yale

Weskid · 08-05-2009, 07:23 PM

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Is it possible to complete the GE requirements without taking any labs / hard science?

Yep. There are a fair number of "science for non-major" types of classes -- I completed my science gen eds through these types of classes entirely. Although one was rather lame, the other two were informative and challenging without being over my head/way more work than feels worth it for a subject I'm not totally invested in. Also, lots of non-science people take classes like intro to environmental science or intro to astronomy, which are "real" science classes but don't require labs and don't have a large core of intense pre-meds.

Nigiri: I'm not a music person, but from what I've seen/talking to my musically inclined friends, there are tons of opportunities for students and student bands as that Yale article proves. Though I'd say it's wrong to say that the music scene is particularly tied to "off campus" houses (by which I assume they mean the senior wood-frames, which are not actually off campus). While it is true that there are shows at senior woodframes, Eclectic and the WestCo cafe are probably the most frequent venues for student bands, though Psi U and Alpha Delt also host them.

But yeah, there is plenty of opportunity to jam and perform, and the scene seems to be very open.

smartalic34 · 08-05-2009, 08:50 PM

New York Music - The Wesleyan Mafia: MGMT, Boy Crisis, Amazing Baby - page 1

popnpoper · 08-29-2009, 07:15 PM

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Everywhere I read about Wesleyan I see lots of things about naked parties and girls who don't shave their legs and all that crazy stuff, but then they always try to make up for that by saying how this stuff is somewhat just a myth and there's a large variety of people and everyone is very accepting.

Well, how much of a myth is it? What's the actual reality of what people and life are like at Wesleyan?

What are Wesleyan people really like?

I'm curious too!

imsolidmatter · 08-30-2009, 11:31 AM

How accepting is the college toward differing sexualities?

Weskid · 08-30-2009, 01:37 PM

^^^

Very.

2bizee · 10-08-2009, 10:59 PM

What about acapella and other music groups? Are they popular?

jarsilver · 10-09-2009, 02:35 AM

there's like a bajillion of them-- coed groups, single-gender groups, eastern european singing, comedy... they're not the most popular musical form here, but if you like it you can absolutely do it.