<p>Thank you, I really appreciate your response!</p>
<p>Wildcat95, I spoke to several deans in admissions and they all have a very similar message that they wish to relay. That message is that Wesleyan takes a very holistic approach in the admission process. Essentially that means that there is not one thing on your transcript that will admit or deny you. Rather, the deans take everything you submit into consideration. It really can only help your chances (at any college) if you are taking challenging courses, have more As than Bs, and in regards to clubs its quality over quantity that counts. </p>
<p>I know that this is a very broad answer, but there is not one formula of x+y=z that will guarantee an acceptance letter. It is really much more complicated than that because there are so many different variables that are taken into consideration for every single applicant because no two applicants are the same. </p>
<p>I guess the only thing I would like to add is that the deans in admissions who will potentially read your application are real people. They honestly invest so much into each and every application they read and they would admit very candidate if they possibly could!</p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>
<p>RedGloves: I spoke to the office of Residential Life and they were unable to provide dimensions because every room in every dorm will have slight variations. However they did say that an area rug would definitely work and suggested the size 5 feet by 7 feet. I lived in Fauver last year and that size area rug was perfect for my room as well! </p>
<p>P.S. - I love that you already know some of the Wes terminology!!!</p>
<p>Dear queenbee14, thank you for your inquiry. I hope we can clarify some of our previous statements for you.</p>
<p>The first part of your question is a little difficult to answer. There is never a time that students are asked to indicate their sexual preferences for statistical purposes, so I cannot give you an exact percentage. I can tell you that a lot of students do participate with the clubs listed above and the events Open House throws are really popular. The queer prom last year was packed with students. That being said, though, not everyone who is active with the LGBTQ community is queer, and there are also a lot of queer students who don’t wish to be actively involved with the LGBTQ scene. Students at Wesleyan have the freedom to identify however they want (or not identify at all!) and everyone is very tolerant of those choices.</p>
<p>There actually aren’t any all-male dorms on campus. We have an all-male hall in one of the dorms (as well as an all-female hall) if that is what you prefer. Again, students are not asked to indicate their sexual preferences on move-in day and the students that live on these halls change every year. All of the other living options on campus are co-ed, including the fraternity houses, Women of Color Program House, etc. </p>
<p>Gender neutral is a term you hear a lot at Wesleyan. It just means that something is not specific to any one gender. So gender neutral bathrooms, for example, would be bathrooms that can be used by males, females, and those who do not identify with either of these genders.</p>
<p>Hope this helps!</p>
<p>Thank you, WesTalk. That’s great. My son in in Tajikistan this summer and wants to buy a persian rug there for his room. I’ll send your answer to him immediately so he can start shopping!</p>
<p>One more question. I’m getting advertisements for Amazon renting books to students. Will that be an option at Wesleyan? Would it be worth it for me to buy my son some kind of e-reader?</p>
<p>I have a question about the town around Wesleyan. I’ve heard that it’s not the safest area. Is that true?</p>
<p>Also, we only saw one small street with shops on it as we were driving through. Are there more somewhere else?</p>
<p>Dear RedGloves, I actually had to do a little research in order to attempt to answer this question, so if anyone has anything to add or correct me please feel free!</p>
<p>Our bookstore on campusBroad Street Bookshas a lot of different options for students. They have made an option for students to rent books then return them at the end of the semester, purchase used books, or also purchase new books. If you choose to rent or buy used books, you get a pretty nice discount. This, I feel, is probably the most convenient way to get books/textbooks (because Broad Street Books is right on campus and you dont have to worry about order/shipping/picking up multiple packages). One of the added perks to buying books from our bookstore is you can use your WesCard and charge it to your student account. Students can also participate in a book buy back where we sell our books back and get money for them. (Heres the website if you want to check it out and compare deals: <a href=“efollett”>efollett).</p>
<p>I recently read an article about the kindle from Amazon and that you now can purchase or rent textbooks and download them directly to your kindle ([Kindle</a> launches textbook rentals](<a href=“Kindle launches textbook rentals – SheKnows”>Kindle launches textbook rentals – SheKnows)). In addition to Amazon, iTunes has also just created an app for the iPad that allows students to download a textbook directly to their iPad ([Textbooks</a> for iPad on the iTunes App Store](<a href=“http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/textbooks/id424280183?mt=8]Textbooks”>http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/textbooks/id424280183?mt=8)). </p>
<p>There are definitely a lot of different options for students to purchase, rent, or download books. It really comes down to your student and whether he would prefer an electronic textbook or a paper textbook. There are definitely pros and cons to each; I guess my only apprehension about going electronic is the fear that if it breaks you would be left without any of your materials for class. Plus, I really enjoy highlighting and writing in the margins of my textbook. </p>
<p>I hope this was helpful!</p>
<p>^^I was going to ask, whether ppl still highlight and write in the margins of their textbooks (you mean, there’s no app for that yet?) Seriously, I re-read a textbook of mine recently (half for pleasure and half as part of my avocation) and it was interesting to see what I thought important enough to highlight back then.</p>
<p>Numerous muggings occur per academic year. Town gown relations at times reflect animosities across both sides of this divide; to blame I believe, are socio-economic tensions etc. A few times per year townspeople are apprehended with goods (ipods, laptops, phones, others) stolen from students in computer labs or the athletic facility. There is a small presence of (concealed) organized crime in middletown, though this presence is not one that registers in conventional interactions in.with middletown. </p>
<p>That one street you mention, Main Street, is the main site of commerce. The offerings there are varied enough to draw somewhat substantial numbers of students out for the nightlife/dining. Past 9:30 pm or so, one’s chances of being accosted by aggressive drunks/vagrants rises with the hour. For groceries, light bulbs, fast food, gasoline, sundries, etc. there is washington street, intersecting and parallel to Main. For the trappings one might be accustomed to in a larger city, one’s best bets are New Haven or West Hartford. Other small towns in the area have charming offerings, and the areas around middletown somewhat north and west are very beautiful.</p>
<p>^^^Middletown is the traditional county seat for central Connecticut (dating back from when the state government was organized by counties), so, yes, the downtown area of which Wesleyan has been a vital part for nearly two hundred years, is where people go for a lot of social services, including a food pantry, a small public housing project, a mental health facility and a branch of the state court system. An amazing number of Wesleyan students arrive totally unprepared to navigate even a small, blue-collar city like Middletown (which is 85% white and has an unemployment rate below the national average.)</p>
<p>The Middletown Police Department (MPD) which is likewise located on Main Street, gets called to campus more often for loud parties than it does for “numerous muggings” and in fact the noise factor from Wesleyan students having a good time is the most frequently cited cause of tension between town and gown. </p>
<p>OTOH, as Blackmetal6225 wrote, if you walk even a few hundred yards in the opposite direction, to the west of campus, one would think you were in a completely rural town. I think Wesleyan may be the only NESCAC college with its own farm collective: [POTLUCK</a> @ LONGLANE – Wesleying](<a href=“POTLUCK @ LONGLANE | Wesleying”>POTLUCK @ LONGLANE | Wesleying)</p>
<p>Overall, how hard is it to get a 4.0, or at least over a 3.5?</p>
<p>New Question…wondering if Clark Hall has smooth walls inside dorm rooms. Silly I know, but thinking about some type of vinyl application for the room and it only works on smooth walls. Would greatly appreciate if anyone has been in a room in Clark or could speak to someone who has.</p>
<p>Dear megan12, thank you for your question! </p>
<p>I definitely would not characterize Middletown as a place that is unsafe, but just like any other large town/small city of 50,000 people its not going to be perfect. However, I have never felt unsafe when walking around campus or into Middletown. One of the reasons for that (as johnwesley mentioned) is the fact that the Middletown police department right in the heart of Main Street. We also have our own campus security called Public Safety and they go above and beyond to make all students feel extremely safe (they installed a Blue Light system, they patrol campus at all hours, and they send out a mass text, email and voicemail to all students if an incident does occur). We also have a Wesleyan Ride program that runs from 7 am until 4am and you can track it by GPS and catch a ride at anytime if you don’t feel safe walking. I even got picked up from a restaurant on Main Street one time!</p>
<p>If you are without a car then, yes, Main Street and Washington Street are probably the only shopping places you could walk to. We do have a Zip car program and students are welcome to have their own cars on campus if they would like as well to get to the larger shopping malls (Meridan, West Farms, Buckland Hills, Clinton Crossing Outlets). </p>
<p>Here are the links for Public Safety and our Ride program:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.wesleyan.edu/publicsafety/[/url]”>http://www.wesleyan.edu/publicsafety/</a>
[Wesleyan</a> University - Transportation Services](<a href=“http://www.wesleyan.edu/transportation/]Wesleyan”>Welcome - Wesleyan University)</p>
<p>^^^that’s 7Pm until 4am. ;)</p>
<p>Here is the answer to your question roaminghoming:</p>
<p>Our academics, in general, are extremely rigorous. And in addition, it really depends on what your educational philosophy is. There is no doubt that there are students who maintain a 4.0 GPA, but their transcript reflects courses that are mostly on the introductory level or those that are generally considered easier in terms of professor expectations or the amount of work assigned. However, there are also students who get 4.0 GPAs through working really hard and taking the most rigorous courses that Wesleyan has to offer. So ultimately, I would have to say that its as hard as you want it to be in terms of maintaining a certain GPA that is ideal for you. There really is no competition amongst students here in terms of who has the highest GPA, unlike in high school.</p>
<p>I would encourage you to come and sit in on a class at Wes so you could see that most students take classes because they are passionate about the subject matter and the learning process, rather than getting a perfect score on every assignment.</p>
<p>Thanks for that catch, johnwesley. The Wesleyan Ride program runs from 7 pm until 4 am!</p>
<p>Hey wesmomfromoh,</p>
<p>I lived in Clark Hall freshman year. The walls are indeed smooth; they’re dry-wall… Fauver has the same type of walls, whereas older dorms like the Butterfields, WestCo, and Nics have concrete blocks walls.</p>
<p>The best way to hang up posters and even things like belts, bags etc. were with removable hooks and poster tack.</p>
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<p>Hi!! im interested in playing ice hockey in college and i think wesleyan has an ice hockey team. is it a varsity team or do you have intramural ice hockey to? i dunno if i want to do varsity. i love playing but i want to do other things in college and I want to have a social life. is it hard to do both? thanx!!!1!</p>
<p>Hi s8grl, we have both varsity and club ice hockey at Wesleyan. We are a Division 3 school and we compete in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). All of the coaches here embrace the fact that we are student-athletes and that we are at Wesleyan, first and foremost, for academics. As a varsity athlete, I have not had to miss class due to a scheduling conflict for my sporteven on game days. </p>
<p>It is also very easy to have a social life while playing a sport. Since we are Division 3, playing a varsity sport is not as time consuming as Division 1. Therefore, we still have free time and there is plenty of time after practices and games to go out and have an active social life (especially because there are always so many things happening at Wes). There are, of course, going to be times when there is an event you really want to attend, but you happen to have an away game and arent going to be able to make it back in time. That really doesnt happen too often though, and in general I do not feel like I am sacrificing having a social life for playing a sport. Additionally, I have met some of the most amazing people by playing a sport, people that I probably wouldnt have gotten to know otherwise. </p>
<p>At Wes it really is possible to do it all: take great classes, play a sport, be in clubs, have a job and have an active social life. </p>
<p>Here is the link for the Varsity Womens page if you would like to contact Coach McKenna: [Athletics</a> - Wesleyan University](<a href=“Wesleyan University - Official Athletics Website”>Wesleyan University - Official Athletics Website) </p>
<p>And heres a link for more information on club sports at Wes: [About</a> Us, Club Sports, Athletics - Wesleyan University](<a href=“Wesleyan University - Official Athletics Website”>Wesleyan University - Official Athletics Website)</p>