jarsilver

I was a little disappointed wes didn't place there. at least we're still gawker's 'most annoying liberal arts college.'

bswsoccermom

"(I personally was more put off by some of the perfectly manicured, super-quaint college towns I visited--different strokes )."

I'm with Weskid on this. Also from NYC, I consider myself somewhat of an expert on the cuteness of small towns. Some of my favorites are Damariscotta, Maine, and Saratoga Springs, NY. We have visited Wesleyan three or four times and have eaten and walked around in town. I thought Middletown was especially cute, and just the right size for a college town. I love that it is so close to campus. I didn't notice anything that would suggest that it is "run down." It looks real, and not like a showplace.

bears and dogs

It is this little thing I noticed.
I have collected selective LACs bulletin /catalogue and now have pile of them stack high serving as a night table.
Wes is the only one says on its spine where the school is located.
“ Wesleyan university catalog, Middletown, Connecticut/ 2008-2009”
It is either Wes is very proud of Middletown or don’t wanna mixed up with other Wesleyans galore. I want to believe that it is former.

mythmom

There are other Wesleyans. I imagine that Wes wants to make it clear which Wesleyan the catalog describes.

bears and dogs

It will be funny if they all start saying like, "Williams, never William and Mary"
" Wellesley, not Wes " " Trinity, not that one we are better" “ Haverford, not Harvard nor Swat plan B” “ Wake Forest, not Lake” “ Swarth not Skid-more”
Save tree or money, less and less schools are making chunky hard copy of bulletins, so no worry.

benny1

A lot of prospective students and their parents are surprised to see downtown. It's not exactly a quaint, leafy college town like, say, Williamstown or Wellesley or, an upper class suburb like Greenwich or Lake Forest where many of the Wes students grew up. This can be a shocking wake up call.

But neither is it a dangerous, crime-riddled city populated by fearsome homeless people. It's the real world. It has great restaurants, stores, cafes, churches, historic New England buildings, car repair shops, hardware stores, churches, a historic synagogue, and other businesses. There are also some empty storefronts. More so during this recession. There are also homeless people. Homeless people are not by definition dangerous. Living away from a sheltered upper class suburb can be educational. Isn't this what college is all about? The biggest danger to most Wes students comes not from seeing poverty, but from not looking both ways when crossing the street.