Wouldn't be happier anywhere else

Introduction
Wesleyan is the epitome of a quality liberal arts school. Just small enough so you have lots of seminars and actually know people when you walk around campus - just large enough so you actually have decent course offerings and still run into new people you haven't met. Prime location in the Northeast, sandwiched between Boston and New York City. The campus centers around a giant grassy hill, where everyone in the world seems to congregate on beautiful spring days, and every building is within walking distance. It just FEELS college-campusy, and the whole design of the campus seems aimed to unify the school into one giant community bubble. The library is incredibly gorgeous, and our facilities are top-notch... they tend to be recently renovated, and most impressive is our state-of-the-art Center for Film Studies building, where the film series plays exotic, newly-released, or hard-to-acquire movies four nights a week - and the same film won't be repeated in your four years here!

I chose this school thinking it would be full of slightly crazy, radical, intellectual, geeky kids, and I craved that kind of atmosphere. To some extent, that's true, though the student body is far more diverse than I would have thought, which I suppose is a good thing. If you're looking for a prep/jock kind of thing, this probably isn't the school for you, though I'm sure you'll find your place.

Campus Life and Social Life
There's so much to do on campus on any given night, that you just get frustrated that you can't make time for everything. Last night, I was deciding among: a math lecture about relating the sound of bells to an algebraic system, a discussion about Israel and Hamas, a feminist speaker, a Bob Dylan documentary, and a concert of student bands - and that was on a Wednesday evening! On the weekends, students tend to party hard. Frats have drinking parties, and there tends to be one large dance party per weekend. House parties also abound, since seniors tend to live in wood-frame houses.

In terms of clubs, you can get involved in almost anything, and it's easy to start a club and get funding if it doesn't already exist. There are competitive sports and club sports (and three frisbee teams!), several acapella groups, activist organizations, interest clubs, etc. Fraternities exist, but they certainly don't comprise the majority of the social scene, nor are they divisive. Advertisement
Academics
The academics here are outstanding. Most classes are small and often discussion-based, with plenty of seminars, even in the sciences. Though intro lecture classes can be large, because there's really no advantage to a smaller class in this type of case, they are broken down into TA sections, and most TAs tend to be highly knowledgable. Wesleyan does have a small graduate program, unlike most other liberal arts schools, so we have research university facilities available for undergraduates! It's incredibly easy to get involved in significant research (and coauthor papers with professors!) as an undergraduate. Wesleyan is very strong among liberal arts schools in the sciences, especially. Our other truly outstanding program is film. There's a (probably true) rumor that each graduating senior in the film department is given an alumni contact in either New York City or Hollywood - the alumni network is slightly ridiculous, and most films being produced today can be traced back to Wesleyan in some way or another.

Professors are very accessible and knowledgable. The administration's efforts when hiring professors concentrate on getting professors who can TEACH and not necessarily just have a famous name, though that's not a bad secondary characteristic of many of the professors who teach here.

Student Body
Although most students come from the Northeast and California and Texas, there's certainly a large population of students coming from elsewhere, including tons of international students. A lot of schools claim diversity - but Wesleyan really practices it. Besides having different skin tones and ethnic identifications, students come from very different social and economic backgrounds, which certainly brings in a lot of interesting perspectives. Students tend to be passionate about something, whatever that something is. This is a place for well-rounded students... someone who is hardcore about engineering, and only engineering, should not apply here, but someone who's interested in physics (and doing hands-on physics research), but also music theory, will find no place better.

In Closing...
Wesleyan's amazing. I couldn't have had a better experience anywhere else. The student body, the academics, the campus - this school is doing a damn good job.