Chance Me: Asian Male, CA resident, 3.97 GPA (UW), 35 ACT, liberal arts/humanities major

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In general, medium to large schools highly preferred and in a urban/semi-urban area; diversity also a priority. His HS is around 3000 students and he’s opposed to a college/university that is smaller than that size (I think Brown is just around that size). We visited a small LAC (around 1500 students) in Pennsylvania and it was beautiful but he couldn’t get over how small it felt (and surrounding area was also very small town feel). I think he’d want to continue debate in college if available - which is more of a thing in the northeast, I realize. But, debate is not a major/career and he’s also quite interested in writing (not creative), cultural studies, and film (theory/analysis, not production)

Actually, Wesleyan University just tips the scale at 3,000 students. And, it’s home to one of the country’s best Film Studies departments:

2022’s Top 25 American Film Schools, Ranked

30 Top Film Schools in North America

From Variety
Wesleyan has some of the finest documentary filmmaking resources around and is a frequently listed as one of the best film schools in the U.S. The College of Film and the Moving Image counts film critic A.O. Scott and documentary producer Sadia Shepard (“The September Issue”) as faculty. The school also initiated the Wesleyan Documentary Project, which is designed to teach and support nonfiction projects. The timing couldn’t be better as interest in nonfiction storytelling is experiencing a boom and holds many opportunities for grads. “The thing that Wesleyan offers that not many other schools do is a program that’s embedded in a liberal arts university,” says Scott Higgins, director, College of Film and the Moving Image. “Students aren’t just learning the technology or film, and there’s a richer integration of disciplines which I think leads to students who can solve problems.”