<p>wes has about 190 full-time graduate students. that’s about 6.5% of the total student population. the remaining 600 graduate students participate in the graduate liberal studies program which is administered in the evenings and primarily during the summer on a part-time basis. it’s open to anyone with a bachelors degree; similar to ucla extension.</p>
<p>$24,000 more for my money? i still don’t know how per-student endowment spending directly affects me. i’m not a real athlete, so i won’t be taking advantage of the amazing gazillion dollar athletic facilities here at wes. but i am interested in the arts, especially film, so the arts facilities and the center for film studies will definitely get some use from me. and i’ll be spending lots of time in the library; both schools have wonderful ones. what matters most (and probably a large part of what moot is interested in) is what happens in the classroom and extracurricular opportunities, and i don’t think a figure from a financial statement really captures that. a student who does well at either school, will have the same opportunities available upon graduation. that’s the real bottom line.</p>
<p>moot, again, you should look carefully at academic offerings; if one school doesn’t have the classes you want, it doesn’t matter how much money they spend on you. we students don’t need gold-lined moldings in our classrooms; we need good profs and interesting classmates. visit, visit, visit! now, if one school had dorm rooms lined with chocolate, that would be another story! :)</p>
<p>p. s. regarding SAT scores; during my college search, the schools i visited had an SAT point spread of about 60-80 among them. but i couldn’t really feel it in the classrooms i visited.</p>