Better options for non recruited athletes

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unless a recruited athlete I did not get the impression Wes is a good school for “sporty” types.

Yes, a recruited athlete. Why not a good place for sporty types?

Wes has a strong contingent of progressives / blue-haired weirdos who despise sporty types.

And others of them who are sporty types, too!

My blue-haired weirdo goes to those basketball games, it is a big deal this year!

Wesleyan just made it to final four baseball div3. It’s plenty athletic but not rah rah like big state school. Bill Belichick and one of his kids graduated.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unless a recruited athlete I did not get the impression Wes is a good school for “sporty” types.

Yes, a recruited athlete. Why not a good place for sporty types?

Wes has a strong contingent of progressives / blue-haired weirdos who despise sporty types.

Anonymous wrote:Unless a recruited athlete I did not get the impression Wes is a good school for “sporty” types.

Yes, a recruited athlete. Why not a good place for sporty types?

Unless a recruited athlete I did not get the impression Wes is a good school for “sporty” types.

Anonymous wrote:My DC was drawn to Wes because of theater and the arts, but has since joined the rugby team and now lifts weights and runs half marathons. The student body is surprisingly diverse and you can really find any type of kid.

My kid (artsy/theater/nonathlete) is at Wes, and a big part of what we like so much about it is how there is no single “type” of kid. All are represented, and all are welcome. My kid has a really wide range of friends (including “normie” athlete guys).

My DC was drawn to Wes because of theater and the arts, but has since joined the rugby team and now lifts weights and runs half marathons. The student body is surprisingly diverse and you can really find any type of kid.

Sorry, meant son above.

Anonymous wrote:I'm also interested with an athletic son (but not recruit). I know two kids who have gone there to play sports and they are preppy and mainstream, yet everything I hear seems to indicate Wesleyan is best for artsy and alternative types.

It's all relative. Among the NESCAC Wes is more liberal and more artsy than the others but my typical athletic preppy kid thought is was not that far out of the mainstream.

The atmosphere at Wesleyan will be less sporty than those of, say, Williams, Hamilton and Bowdoin. The question may be, then, what level of sportiness does your daughter seek?

Wesleyan has changed. It used to be Williams’ artsy “granola” rival or alternative but when I toured with my kid, it seemed more mainstream.

I'm also interested with an athletic son (but not recruit). I know two kids who have gone there to play sports and they are preppy and mainstream, yet everything I hear seems to indicate Wesleyan is best for artsy and alternative types.

Anyone have any experience with this school? I only know its general rep- good academically. Anything else?