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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I expect a notable rise in Washington & Lee, Davidson and the 5Cs. I don’t see it at Wesleyan — it’s too far left for a lot of kids but a great school.[/quote]

Wesleyan is way too left compared to the 5Cs? People with no real connection to the school regurgitate this stereotype but this hasn’t been my family’s experience. I don’t find it to be far to the left of many of its NESCAC peers, save maybe Williams. And the presence of CMC does not turn the 5Cs into U Chicago. Many of the other schools are just as if not more left leaning than Wes. [/quote]

my kid was a 24 graduate of Wes and it was a god awful experience for him - from covid mismanagement to ultra left raging crazies treating every athlete like they are staunch MAGA supporters, to the hipster try-hard pot smoking film majors from brooklyn, it was the most divisive, insular, siloed and myopic place on earth to spend 4 years. Athletes beware [/quote]

I personally know at least half a dozen athletes who are currently at Wes or recent graduates. They would all laugh at your description.[/quote]

sounds like you are intimately connected to a sport, either as a coach or an overbearing club parent - my guess is men’s lax or women’s soccer.  If they had any self-awareness, they would realize that athletes are mocked and ridiculed at Wes. There is a reason the Amherst and Williams athletes are the Nescac kids who regularly make it to rhe street - a Wesleyan athlete/grad on wall street is as rare as a unicorn[/quote]

DP Again, sorry your MAGA son did not enjoy their time at Wes and apparently had some trouble getting their finance career off the ground. Incidentally, Wes football won the NESCAC this year and men’s hoops went to the NCAA DIII elite 8 I believe. Seems like an environment where athletes are really struggling. [/quote]

sorry have to agree - weird vibe there. Struggling a bit for identity - gone are the Doonesbury Zonker days, it now appears a real push has been made on the athletic front.  Other than the well publicized debacle (reported in depth on Cc) where a number of kids were allegedly screwed by Wes coaches with their ED support, Wes has indeed made some solid strides athletically - and holds their own in certain sports against the conference powerhouses. [/quote]

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