Wesleyan University Class of 2029 Official RD Thread

Colleges & Universities Wesleyan University
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My daughter was Waitlisted and was happily surprised - she expected to be Rejected

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D25 rejected

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DS25 Accepted- he has had a lucky week this week

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DS waitlisted

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D accepted! And we are thrilled.
Anyone have anything concerning housing and all being coed? Not my first choice as a mother. Especially not first year.

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S25 waitlisted—really bummed about this one. Will stay on the waitlist for sure.

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There’s an option for single gender housing. There’s a floor of Buttterfields I believe that’s all girls.

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Thank you.

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I looked at this and from my understanding this floor is based on gender identity and not legal sex.
If I’m understanding it correctly.

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If it helps at all, I believe it’s possible to get a single in the Butterfields, so having a single on the women’s floor should be pretty safe.

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My Male Junior at Tufts was in a coed dorm as a freshman. It was great. No issues. Just a single data point for you. Congrats.

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Same.

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Wesleyan, compared to other schools, will have a higher number of people identifying in different ways. Even at places like Wellesley (a women’s college) this would be true. I remember when this question was posed on an Amherst Coll. tour and the student guide replied that the gender breakdown at the school was 40/40. They left it at that, so obviously 20 identify in another way.

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I’m assuming the vast majority of dorms are Co-Ed. Going back many decades, even when I was in school (80s).

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It isn’t so much concern with identity.
It is really about sharing a bathroom with anyone that may have a penis, no matter how they identify- male or female.
If I’m being blunt.

Do toilet stalls and shower stalls lock?

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You could give a call to Wesleyan’s Office of Residential Life at 860-685-3550 for information pertaining to this.

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Well, of course toilet stalls lock (have you ever used a public bathroom in which they didn’t?). Shower stalls? Those usually have shower curtains. But it’s not like these bathrooms are locker rooms, with people walking around half-naked. You wear your robe into the shower, hang it on the hook outside when you’re safely hidden behind the curtain.

Multi-gender bathrooms were fairly common even when I was in college (late '80s, early '90s). It takes some getting used to, but students adapt and take it in stride. In my experience, people are polite, discreet, and respect each other’s privacy.

Some dorms have single-use bathrooms, though I don’t know how many do at Wesleyan (at least among the larger first-year dorms). I am sure that the apartments and houses the older students live in have them.

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I appreciate your reply. Thank you.

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The Butterfield bathrooms are single-use. And can be locked from the inside.

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Haha no they’re still there