Transfer into Wes/social scene

WesRegular
Mon, 21 Nov 2005 17:08:20 +0000

ive found that wesleyan is not very diverse at all, at least not in the way that you would be led to believe. lots of different types of people are there, but the amount of “inter-group bonding” is rather low. There is always the international students table, the asian table, the black table, etc. its not completely balkanized but that dynamic is at play, so be warned. it’s one thing for the admissions office to get all these people here, but its a totally different thing to get them to talk to eachother. I have also found that most folks at wes are really really similar. if you look on anyone’s facebook profile, everyone has like the exact same music, very similar intrests, and almolt universally the same political affiliation. I’ve met one republican the entire time i’ve been there, and he doesn’t even like to talk about it.

If you get assigned to the butts, be prepared to have challenging social life. the location of the dorm does alot to keep kids from other dorms from hanging out there so ur limited to the folks that live there and considering that they are layed out in such a way that doesnt facilitate lost of hanging out, its a pretty dead place to live.

if ur not really into drinking/getting high then you’ll really have to search out where to hang out. you could go to parties and just not drink, but its no fun to be around a bunch of drunks when ur sober.

I am really enjoying wesleyan in terms of academics and in the extra curriculars, but socially i’d say its kind of a drag. that’s probably a function of me living in the butts rather than the people there, but that’s been my experience.