Epinions Recent Reviews for Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University: an intense experience

Tue, 4 Feb 2003 04:14:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sld2345 - Every private liberal arts institution in the northeast tends to attract the same sorts of people. Lots of upper-middle class kids, mostly white, and from the suburbs of New Jersey, New York, and Boston. Don't kid yourself that there is so much of a...

Wesleyan University: Wesleyan: the pros and cons of PCU

Thu, 14 Feb 2002 13:30:12 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author beckytcy - I wrote a review of Wesleyan University during the fall of my freshman year (1999) that was titled, "Wesleyan Rules!" I was living away from home for the first time and loving every aspect of college life. Since then, I have grown to see some of the...

Wesleyan University: a hell of a school, I stress the hell

Thu, 6 Sep 2001 15:51:40 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author duke101 - Yes, I did attend Wesleyan University and for four years, which I feel gives me the right to say what I am about to say, this school was easily one of the biggest mistakes of my life. Why? 1.) When everyone has green hair, then everyone looks the same...

Wesleyan University: Great School Overall, needs name recognition

Tue, 24 Apr 2001 21:30:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author comicoffee - I came to Wesleyan for the strength of its academic programs as well as the strength of its students; and for that I can say all of my expectations were met, if not surpassed. The classes I took at Wesleyan (especially Constitutional Law with Professor...

Wesleyan University: Excellent School!

Mon, 2 Oct 2000 00:20:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cswc44 - Wesleyan is a unique, well-respected college that gives its undergraduate students a lot of attention from professors.

Granted each person's experience here will differ depending on his/her background, interests, friends and classes, but that's...

Wesleyan University: Wesleyan-An Insider's View

Mon, 28 Aug 2000 12:51:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author vcarbonell - Are you brilliant, but also creative and energetic? Are you studious, but not nerdy? Are you ambitious but stress-free? Do you want an education the quality of Harvard without all those pesky nervous breakdowns and suicides? Did you get 1500 on your...

Wesleyan University: An inspiring place

Wed, 9 Aug 2000 17:09:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author udda - I've been here for nearly 4 years and I love it. To be honest, it took me

a while to get used to the school at the beginning, coming from a homogeneous and conservative society. When I found out how popular pot-smoking was my frosh year, I almost...

Wesleyan University: Beautiful, Good

Thu, 1 Jun 2000 01:09:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author duckierose - Location: Wonderful, beautiful, interesting.

Look of school: I love the style of the buildings, the landscaping, everything about the look of this school. It makes me feel like I'm coming home to a place I've never been but I've been...

Wesleyan University: PARENTS: What to bring moving day PART 1

Thu, 13 Apr 2000 23:46:37 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author nurse_paula - here's the low-down.

1. the room will be dirty. bring lots of paper towels and a spray type cleanser. one that's good for windows...which will be dirty. ditto the blinds, the shelves, desktop and chest of drawers.. i'm no clean freak but the...

Wesleyan University: Are you a Pre-Frosh trying to choose a dorm for next fall?

Wed, 22 Mar 2000 16:17:26 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Angellcatt - So you've been accepted to Wesleyan -- congratulations! I love it here, and I am sure you will, too. In your acceptance packet you got that housing form, where they ask you to rank the housing options in order of your preferance. Only problem is,...

Wesleyan University: Wesleyan Theater

Wed, 22 Mar 2000 15:42:24 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Angellcatt - The strength of Wesleyan theater, both as an academic department and an extra-curricular, is what drew me to Wesleyan in the first place. Now a second year student, I have not been disappointed.

Theater at Wesleyan is divided into two...

Wesleyan University: Excellent in some areas, poor in others

Mon, 28 Feb 2000 18:45:57 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Sparrer77 - I'm a second semester sophomore at Wes right now, and I've been fairly happy with the general academics of the school. I definitely have issues with some departments and specific professors, but I've also been very happy with the majority of my courses...

Wesleyan University: PARENTS: Restaurants to avoid

Sun, 27 Feb 2000 21:17:32 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author nurse_paula - This opinion is for all you parents that will be traveling to Wesleyan University to visit your kids or to check out this beautiful school.

For the past two years, I have been travelling to Wes to visit my daughter and to attend Homecoming weekends...

Wesleyan University: An Overnight Visit to Wesleyan

Thu, 3 Feb 2000 02:10:23 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Plushman15 - I recently visited Wesleyan on an official overnight visit for football. I stayed in the Clark dormitory building. This is a dorm only for freshman and all of the rooms are suite style rooms. The rooms were terrific they were roomy and ideal for...

Wesleyan University: Wes- where it's at

Fri, 28 Jan 2000 21:03:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Sparrer77 - I'm a second semester sophomore right now at Wesleyan, and the social life here has been really really good to me. Beginning my freshman year with their outdoor orientation program, I began to forge lasting relationships to people. A lot of the friends I...

Wesleyan University: Wonderful options, horrible system.

Thu, 27 Jan 2000 23:30:51 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Angellcatt - Wesleyan has some of the best housing options of any school around, but the system, the so-called "Housing Lottery," is one of the most horrible and torturous processes I could imagine.

First the options. Freshman and most...

Wesleyan University: ARAMARK misses the mark

Thu, 27 Jan 2000 23:09:56 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Angellcatt - Freshman at Wesleyan will eat a majority of their meals at Mocon, a classic cafeteria with predictable fare: pasta, saladbar, grilled cheese, veggieburgers, sandwiches, sodas, coffe, cereal, ice cream, etc. However, Mocon does have some high points...

Wesleyan University: Is Wesleyan worth being in Middletown?

Fri, 14 Jan 2000 20:18:11 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author btleghorn - Wesleyan is known as one of the top schools in the country and no one’s is going to argue with that. It has a great academic department, which a great reputation for small class sizes, lots of research locations, very personal teachers, and a laidback...

Wesleyan University: Strange Strange Tunnels

Thu, 6 Jan 2000 12:34:02 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ImagiBear - If you find yourself in the Butterfield dorm your first year at Wesleyan,prepare to do alot of hiking.It is close to the edge of campus,about a block from the library and at least two blocks from the cafeteria,or so it seemed walking to breakfast in the...

Wesleyan University: Liberals Arts Education in New England

Sat, 1 Jan 2000 11:26:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author PVSBond - I attended an extremely conservative all-male prep school. In late 1983, I met with the school's college advisor to discuss the universities to which I would apply for admission. When I announced that Wesleyan was my first choice, the advisor leaned over...

Wesleyan University: Wonderful Wesleyan

Wed, 29 Dec 1999 05:03:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MarPidge - I love it here.

My observation is that other schools aren't as dedicated to its undergraduates as it is to its graduate school students. In these schools, all the good resources are reserved for other people and faculty members teach classes...