You’re visiting at a good time. School is in session; the main quad will be transformed into Corwin Stadium, the temporary football stands; and from Wednesday through Saturday nights there will be something waiting for you at the College of Film and the Moving Image (CFILM) student-run film series. But even without knowing all of that, one stroll around campus will probably convince you of the variety of people attracted to Wesleyan. I was a guest lecturer recently and the thing that struck me was that if there were a single primary belief shared by everyone, it was in being kind and helpful to those around you. I saw specific instances of it time and time again during my visits.
There was a recent thread in the Wesleyan forum where it became clear after a few posts that Middletown is probably the best example of a college town in the entire state of Connecticut: it’s diverse, it’s clean, relatively safe and relatively lively for a town its size. People drive in from the surrounding towns. Main Street consists almost entirely of small businesses that never seem to get crowded and it’s all within a few blocks of campus. I see people strolling up and down College Street all the time.