<p>I don’t know where you live, but do you have any idea how different these schools and there locations are? UCA is a world class, HUGE university (over 25,000 undergraduates), in the middle of a HUGE Southern California city. The weather is warm and perfect most of the year. You must be a motivated, self starter type of person as no one will hold your hand through college. My daughter is a senior at UCLA and she loves it but it can be impersonal and overwhelming.</p>
<p>Wesleyan is in the very small Connecticut town of Middletown and is about 20 miles from a decent sized city, Hartford. The winters will be long and cold with lots of snow. It is a much smaller, private school and you would have a much more personal experience. </p>
<p>These schools are as different as the city of Hong Kong is compared to a small village on the outskirts of a small city in China. There are many, many very intelligent people at UCLA as most have to have an extremely high gpa to be admitted. For a CA resident to be admitted they must be in the top of their high school class. My daughter is very bright but she has often told me how intelligent her fellow students are. But because UCLA is so big you have all types of people: athletes, computer geeks, fashionistas, history fanatics, science nerds, party lovers, bookworms, etc. You might find a more intellectual atmosphere at Wesleyan only because it is smaller and the cold weather, small town and the intellectual atmosphere will appeal to a smaller segment of the population.</p>
<p>Go to the website <a href="http://www..com%5B/url%5D">www..com</a> and enter the names of both schools and you can get a bit more info. Both are great universities but they are very different. Choose the place you think you will fit in and be most happy.</p>