S is admitted student for 2021 and attended Wesfest this week and spent the night. Absolutely loved the culture at Wesleyan, very creative, musical, and academic. Canceled trip to Oberlin and considering canceling Colby visit next week. Also read Niche reviews and USN ranking which concerned him. We spoke with an admissions officer and here is the 2021 application results:
12,500 applications
15% Acceptances
32-34 Mid ACT
Wesleyan has had a huge increase in applications over the last several years and a resulting decrease in acceptance %. For comparison, Williams had 8,593 applications and 1253 acceptances (14.5%), 33 ACT Average.
During Wesfest, the President complemented the admitted students and told them to “chill out” about the decision process as the fact that they have been accepted to schools like Wesleyan allows them to not make a bad decision.