Hamilton or Wesleyan?

[Anonymous]

colgate = wesleyan > middlebury = hamilton

i am a boomer and I am very involved in my firm’s new grad hiring - these schools and their reputations are often discussed in open forums. If Wesleyan’s better days are in the past, there are still old folks like me in positions that matter that still view wes and colgate as a significant tier higher than middlebury and hamilton. and as another poster said, not even close

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:colgate = wesleyan > middlebury = hamilton

i am a boomer and I am very involved in my firm’s new grad hiring - these schools and their reputations are often discussed in open forums. If Wesleyan’s better days are in the past, there are still old folks like me in positions that matter that still view wes and colgate as a significant tier higher than middlebury and hamilton. and as another poster said, not even close

And I knew immediately you were a boomer from this ranking. Middlebury places way better than all these other colleges. Middlebury is up with Williams, CMC, and Amherst placement

[Anonymous]

This post title made me laugh. On the Wesleyan tour they mentioned no fewer than four times that Lin Manuel Miranda went to Wesleyan.

And then he wrote Hamilton.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This post title made me laugh. On the Wesleyan tour they mentioned no fewer than four times that Lin Manuel Miranda went to Wesleyan.

And then he wrote Hamilton.

It’s really embarrassing. Wesleyan so badly wants to be culturally relevant, but no one knows what it is. Like cool, you have one notable alum. Their jaws would fall off looking at NYU’s contribution to theatre and the arts

[Anonymous]

Weatherly

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:colgate = wesleyan > middlebury = hamilton

i am a boomer and I am very involved in my firm’s new grad hiring - these schools and their reputations are often discussed in open forums. If Wesleyan’s better days are in the past, there are still old folks like me in positions that matter that still view wes and colgate as a significant tier higher than middlebury and hamilton. and as another poster said, not even close

Colgate has never come close to the level of Amherst, Williams, Bowdoin, Middlebury. It’s always been a peer of Colby and Bates. More so 20-30 years ago than today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Weatherly

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This post title made me laugh. On the Wesleyan tour they mentioned no fewer than four times that Lin Manuel Miranda went to Wesleyan.

And then he wrote Hamilton.

I told the tour guide that he played a character named Freddy Flapman who tried to make Big Bird move away from Sesame Street. And that some of us hadn't forgotten that, no matter how big a hit Hamilton was.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wesleyan, then Hamilton, then Colgate, prestige wise. But you should go by best fit

This is correct.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:colgate = wesleyan > middlebury = hamilton

i am a boomer and I am very involved in my firm’s new grad hiring - these schools and their reputations are often discussed in open forums. If Wesleyan’s better days are in the past, there are still old folks like me in positions that matter that still view wes and colgate as a significant tier higher than middlebury and hamilton. and as another poster said, not even close

And I knew immediately you were a boomer from this ranking. Middlebury places way better than all these other colleges. Middlebury is up with Williams, CMC, and Amherst placement

Midd is a fine school, better than Colgate and Hamilton in my book, but in no way a peer of Williams and Amherst, and just tiny bit lower than Wesleyan, and Bowdoin for that matter.

[Anonymous]

WAS>Pomona/Wes>Bowdoin>Middlebury>the others

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WAS>Pomona/Wes>Bowdoin>Middlebury>the others

WASP is together. Pomona is more competitive and more sought after than literally all the other schools. Not sure why people keep on trying to separate the same schools with different skins.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:WAS>Pomona/Wes>Bowdoin>Middlebury>the others

WASP is together. Pomona is more competitive and more sought after than literally all the other schools. Not sure why people keep on trying to separate the same schools with different skins.

It’s a boomer. No student today thinks Wes>Bowdoin or that Wes is analogous to WASP. Wes dropped quite a few years ago and DCUM has barely caught up to it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WAS>Pomona/Wes>Bowdoin>Middlebury>the others

Wesleyan is at the bottom of all those schools. It’s great if you have a theatre kid, but people with genuine careers will do better at any other LAC.

[Anonymous]

Can someone explain what’s with the historic eliteness to Wesleyan? There’s not a single standout program there that clarifies to me why everyone is riding on its past prestige? Every other top LAC has easily identifiable academic programs that make them well known, but Wesleyan just…doesn’t?