Pomona vs. Wesleyan

madjoy
Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:18:51 +0000

Really krongman? I think a lot of Wesleyan students to go to Wesleyan because it’s a prestigious college and they do want to ultimately make a lot of money. That’s why many people really go to these top colleges - for the social capital that will help them later and bring them to the top of their fields. And Wesleyan is good for that.

That said, most Wesleyan students, I think, do at least possess an awareness that this system is extremely messed up - that it’s not really “fair”. And many students do want to help reduce that inequality and income gap, instead of participating it, and DO go on to do great work - I think many more students from Wesleyan do so than at most top colleges. Still, we all are looking out for our own self-interest, and Wes students are generally not going to go on to work blue-collar jobs.

THAT said, you might be right that this is not the ideal school for sf606508. I’m about to comment on the other post about Middletown…