<p>Everywhere I read about Wesleyan I see lots of things about naked parties and girls who don’t shave their legs and all that crazy stuff, but then they always try to make up for that by saying how this stuff is somewhat just a myth and there’s a large variety of people and everyone is very accepting.</p>
<p>Well, how much of a myth is it? What’s the actual reality of what people and life are like at Wesleyan?</p>
<p>girls who don’t shave their legs =/= crazy stuff</p>
<p>patriarchy = crazy stuff</p>
<p>(and no, I don’t go to Wesleyan)</p>
<p>lol.</p>
<p>please don’t get mad if i seem “intolerant” or whatever. i’ve just seen a lot of reviewers who say it’s a psycho-liberal place and at the same time a lot of others who say it’s all rumors.</p>
<p>I just want to get a sense of what it’s actually like.</p>
<p>re: thread title… awesome.</p>
<p>but to be serious, there isn’t really one Wesleyan type. there are plenty of hipsters, activists, queer vegans, etc. but there are at least as many science nerds, varsity athletes, and international students. and, of course, none of these things are mutually exclusive. the social scene is pluralistic and not one scene really dominates another. come and visit and see for yourself. (disclaimer: I’m not actually a student yet so this perspetive is probably not as insightful as a current student’s.) </p>
<p>that said, if the idea of girls not shaving their legs and ‘psycho-liberals’ (whatever that means) actually scares you, you probably should not apply here.</p>
<p>it would only bother me if everyone was the same. which, from what you said, it sound like is not the case. anyone who already goes to wesleyan feel the same?</p>
<p>^^^ </p>
<p>I go to Wes (senior), and I think jarsilver is right on. There is a lot of variety at Wes.</p>
<p>there really is no single stereotype you can put on a Wesleyan student. when you say… “naked parties and girls who don’t shave their legs and all that crazy stuff, but then they always try to make up for that by saying how this stuff is somewhat just a myth and there’s a large variety of people and everyone is very accepting”…</p>
<p>all of what you said is true. is there at least one naked party per year? probably. does the whole campus know about it? no. the stuff isnt myth for the most part, but none of the extremes you hear about are the norm. you can call the student body varied, hip, mainstream, or experimental. all of them fit.</p>
<p>wait… seriously? wesleyan has naked parties?</p>
<p>Try the wesleyan forum. More actual students/alumni/parents frequent there I bet. Just look at the similar threads below.</p>
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<p>Only occasionally (maybe once a semester or year, or less), and they aren’t huge. But, yes, they do exist.</p>
<p>The student body is far more diverse than people give it credit for. They have off-the-charts left-wing wackos of ALL races and from ALL OVER the country.</p>
<p>I think the non-shaved female legs have something to do with the naked parties. I think the idea behind the naked parties is that’s the only sure way you can tell if some of the students are male or female.</p>
<p>That’s so… strange. haha, how big are they?</p>
<p>I don’t know, the idea of a naked party just seems awkward… Do you get there clothed and then rip everything off, or do you just walk there naked in the first place?</p>
<p>There is at least one naked party per year at Brown as well. In fact, I bet there are a lot more “naked parties” out there than you’d think.</p>
<p>this was all very helpful. thanks!</p>
<p>Wesleyan is definitely not your “traditional” college experience. Its more of a hipster vibe overall. There are people in other camps (even frat guys) but that is the overall feel from what I gathered. A little like the movie PCU.</p>
<p>What’s a “traditional” college experience, slipper?</p>
<p>yeah, what an odd comment.
A campus-centered liberal arts college is potentially a template for a “traditional college experience”. </p>
<p>I guess that can be excused if someone’s framework for a “traditional college experience” was Columbia, but others would differ.</p>
<p>As between a Wesleyan and some others , the main differences to me would be the types of people participating in this college experience. Smaller schools like this tend to have pronounced predominant campus cultures that can make a big difference for whether one likes it a lot there. If you like to guzzle beer, play sports, join a fraternity and get a job on Wall street, maybe you’d be happier socially at a school where 80% of the students share your personality profile. Rather than one where only 20% of the students are like that, and the largest 40% want to go to the peace corps then go to law school to work for non-profits, or do film in LA. But that doesn’t in itself mean the campus experience itself is “untraditional”, it’s more that you prefer your particular cohort of like-minded people undertakling that experience to the cohort at the other school.</p>
<p>That sounds really fantastic. What other schools aren’t “traditional college experience” types?</p>
<p>^^^ </p>
<p>Well, as moneydad said, it depends on how you’re defining “traditional college experience” (I’m guessing slipper meant like, the stereotype of college where sports and greeks are huge?). But other colleges that are often seen as having a similar vibe as Wes are Brown, Oberlin, Vassar and Reed. If you want a more extensive list, check out this list that I made a while ago. The schools in the first two categories are probably going to be the most interesting to you:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/wesleyan-university/407021-if-you-like-wes-you-might-also-want-consider.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/wesleyan-university/407021-if-you-like-wes-you-might-also-want-consider.html</a></p>
<p>It’s M-O-N-Y dad.
Not $$$$.</p>