From Colgate to Wesleyan?

ColgateDad
Wed, 23 Jan 2013 02:35:44 +0000

Why are you focused on one college only when there are others which woudl offer you similar experiences in art, theater, etc.? You need a variety of options to be successful and should not risk all on one college which might not admit you.

As you can see from my name, I love Colgate, attended it myself some years ago, and my daughter goes there now. I don’t disagree with much of your description of it. It is isolated (who knew little Hamilton, N.Y. didn’t have a subway, great theater, or a club scene?). It is pretty athletic, outdoorsy, a bit heavy on frat life, along with very good academics, and may not be the ideal place for LGBT students (there is a significant presence in my experience on campus, however, so I guess I’m a little suprirsed at your description).

I was only modestly artistic (art major, though) and my daugher is in a great Poli Sci program which ain’t very arty. But if you’re commited to theater, etc. you can find better options, and if you need civilization upstate New York is a stretch.

I’d urge anyone to transfer out of a college where they don’t feel they belong but also to look widely at a variety of schools. If you really want “out” of where you are you should not put all your eggs in one basket. I have no particular schools to recommend other than those off the top of my head which might include Carnegie-Mellon, NYU, and a few others. If you cannot get admitted to Wesleyan, you need a back-up plan and should perhaps cast your net a little wider, even out of the Northeast. If you do, you will find a great place. Don’t focus too narrowly.