<p>Sorry to weigh in so late, but I’m a Wesleyan Film alum. My S starts Williams Fall '14. I love both schools, but they are still different places with different vibes. My son is social, outdoorsy, athletic, and great at math, physics, econ, and history. His dream is to spend his time skiing and studying. He’s been looking forward to hitching rides with the D1 ski team and taking tutorials - his idea of heaven. It’s the perfect school for him.</p>
<p>I was a very artsy kid - the only form of fine or performing art I didn’t try at some point in my life was clown college. 
When I was on my college tour, a professor overheard me quipping that the arts center’s architecture looked like the ballcourt at Chichen Itza and I hoped we students weren’t the human sacrifices. He burst out laughing. That’s when I knew Wes was perfect for me. (He was later my theater directing prof.) </p>
<p>If your child wants a career in film, Wesleyan is, bar none, the greatest film major at a LAC in the world. The following folks went through Wes: <a href=“Famous Alumni of Wesleyan University | Celebrities Who Graduated/Went to Wesleyan University”>http://■■■■■■/RQmZh2</a> – not all of them are entertainment folks, but many, many of them are and they’re very powerful ones, even if you don’t know their names. There is a real ‘mafia’ in filmed entertainment from Wes, like there’s an art history mafia from Williams. Not only will you get the finest and most rigorous film education, the old alum network is in full swing, with Jeanine Basinger, one of the world’s most respected film historians at the helm. Also, it’s ironic that the many of the old-time Williams film alums some of the previous posters admired gave their archives to Wesleyan’s Cinema Archive (like Kazan & Sayles). I would put it against the film programs at NYU, USC and UCLA, which ironically, are less supportive, creative or rigorous than Wesleyan. It’s also the only school I know after a career in Hollywood where people are genuinely impressed you went there to study film. Then they inevitably ask you, “Do you know…?”</p>
<p>The education at Williams is extremely special - so special we are thrilled our son will be there. It’s just not a place for a dedicated film student to attend.</p>