Brown, Vassar, Wesleyan -- Comparing academics/theater/dance

conrad2
Mon, 31 Dec 2018 02:15:48 +0000

DD is applying to all three (among others). We’d like to get insights to help compare the theater and dance departments in particular – Can anyone speak to how competitive or collaborative students are? DD has done theater and dance (ballet as well as modern) and is a collaborative, not competitive, performance student.

Have also seen on old CC threads comments about some Brown classes being very large, taught by TAs, etc. Is that the case, and do students quickly get into smaller seminar-style classes? Vassar’s draw is partly the low student-to-teacher ratio in academic classes and the interaction with professors. Will that happen at Brown and Wesleyan?

How would an academically very curious student fare at each of these schools? DD is a true liberal arts student and wants to be able to take courses in very different disciplines (literature, chemistry, dance, astronomy…) and taste things. Vassar’s “no core curriculum” aspect is appealing-- how do Brown and Wesleyan compare?