<p>It’s true that a lot of people won’t have heard about Wesleyan. But I’m applying to jobs now, and let me tell you, the people who matter - potential employers, grad schools - know Wesleyan and know it’s good. When I’ve interviewed at jobs, they’ve been impressed by my school. Sure, it’s not going to get the same reactions saying you go to Harvard does, but it’s certainly not going to close any doors.</p>
<p>But I would say that Tufts is a good example of a school with comparable selectivity. Tufts, Johns Hopkins, Vassar, Middlebury, Cornell, etc. (Though we’re extremely different from a lot of those schools - don’t even get me started on how different Wesleyan and Cornell are)</p>
<p>To generalize (though stats aren’t everything), I’d say Swarthmore, Williams, Amherst are a little more selective than Wesleyan and schools like Conn College, Smith, Trinity are a little less selective than Wesleyan.</p>