some questions for Wes students...

Weskid
Tue, 03 Apr 2007 19:55:58 +0000

You have two great choices. Congrats!


Most people take 4 classes a semester. I believe it is the same for science students, but they also have labs on top of regular classes. Though they do get some credit for labs, so maybe it would be possible to take less classes if you’re taking a lab? I don’t know…is hoplessly un-science-y
Yes! Foss Hill! Sure, it’s a hill, not a traditional campus green, but it serves the same purpose, and I’m pretty sure it will fit your image of college well. Plus hill = sledding in winter and giant slip and slides when it’s warm! Foss Hill is the greatest.
This depends on the classes you’re taking. I’m only a freshmen, but so far I’ve found that the workload is certainly not light, but rarely completely overwhelming. There are always a couple of weeks in a semester when somehow you seem to have a paper in every class, and of course reading week (a week without classes before finals) is really intense, but on average the workload is manageable, especially if you don’t procrastinate (a problem I’ve been working on). But again, this depends on your classes and major.
There are definitly hipsters (coughWestCoandEclecticcough). Whether they are super-cool is in the eye of the beholder… ;)


But seriously, the hipster and hippy contingents are certainly very present if you want them. That said, they are not as all prevailing as the stereotypes would have you think. Quirky would be a much better summation of the student body as a whole…quirky in lots of different ways!


There are two Freshmen-only dorms, Clark and Fauver Frosh, with about 160 or so Freshmen in each. Beyond that Freshmen live in mixed year dorms (the Nicks and the Butts, which are mainly Fresh/Soph) or one of two program houses, 200 Church or Westco, which are both mixed year as well.


So I guess the answer is that over half of the class is in a mixed year dorm, though a fair number are in one of the two Freshmen only dorms. I’ve heard rumors that next year Freshmen won’t be able to rank their dorm preferences, though you will still be able to request 200 Church and WestCo (though that may be wrong entirely…)