My DD and I visited LMU and we did NOT get a “large school, frats, sports” vibe AT ALL. We live near a college like that so we definitely know what t hat looks like! LLMU doesn’t even have a football team, and there are no fraternity/sorority houses, they have Greek system but not residential. Our admissions officer even told us if sports is important, that’s not really their thing.
I’ve heard good things about the film school (my DD is an actor and will be attending LMU, she’s asked around some of her LA industry contacts and LMU film has a good rep). Also, I felt that LMU had a really impressive philosophy towards career development and internships…internships seem to be a huge part of the experience, and for film production LA is where you want to be, to start building our contacts. Our tour guide was in the film school and had already had 2 internships and he was a sophomore! We could tell throughout our afternoon there with various guides and meetings that career development and internships is a foundation of the school and this is one big factor that made it the choice for my daughter.
This is my experience as an LMU visitor and now future mom of a student, sorry but I have no knowledge of Wesleyan. Finally, 30K is a factor…if you will have student loans for the rest, that’s like an entire year of your salary post college. Good luck.