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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Other  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright Wesleyan helped because it has a great reputation that will at times be noticed on a resume. (Of course some have not heard of it at all, it is a bit under the radar). In addition, equally important is that the academics are first rate and you will gain skills like critical thinking and excellent writing skills and challenged. The atmosphere on campus is intellectually open and serious which is great. I do think there should be more emphasis on some job skills, perhaps majors like social work or journalism. It's very hard to get a job with a liberal arts B.A., now more than when I graduated. In addition, the social scene at Wesleyan may not be to everyone's liking. It's small, and people are very "respectful" and tolerant, but not exactly friendly per se. Students are very mature and independent and go their own way. This may not be the ideal atmosphere for every college freshmen still in their teens. There was also quite a significant amount of drinking and even more so drug use, also not to every student's taste, making the atmosphere not so comfortable for all. The political correctness can get oppressive at times as well. As for me, I'm glad I gained what I did from Wesleyan, but I wouldn't choose it again. I think I could have had a happier college experience elsewhere. Starting Job: Research Assistant, Preparedness: C, Reputation: B+ Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private) Feb 24 2013 Alumna Female -- Class 2000   Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=92227&uid=258'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save History/Histories (art history/etc.)  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright I just want to say that I posted the above review, but my year of graduation was 1986, not 2000. Preparedness: B-, Reputation: B- Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private) Apr 15 2012 Alumna Female -- Class 2000   Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=86604&uid=258'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save History/Histories (art history/etc.)  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright I studied art history at Wesleyan then later took premed classes and went to medical school. My undergraduate education taught me how to be an A student so that I could go to medical school. But I was a B student when I got there. The subject matter greatly enriched my life. For example I can go to France and speak French and go to any museum and understand more about the art which adds a whole dimension to my life. I came from a lefty, middle to upper middle class family, and I took for granted the fact that Wesleyan was a very progressive, lefty school, which I liked. I spent much of my later career in a pretty conservative environment and that's when I stopped taking this for granted. My professors were great and many of my fellow students were very interesting. Creative enjoyment of drugs and alcohol was practically institutionalized with "Uncle Duke Day" in the fall and "Zonker Harris Day" in the spring. Maybe today's ambitious young achievers don't use so many drugs. Parents can only hope. There were, of course, plenty of kids that didn't partake even when I was there. A real learning experience for me was meeting lots of kids who were extremely wealthy and/or kids of famous people. That was new. But pretentiousness was frowned upon and people were low key about it. I, like many of my Wesleyan friends, got in to Wesleyan even though I was a mostly B student. I didn't take any math classes after trig in 10th grade and that was in a "regular" class. I took AP English and History. I was in the drama club. No sport. I volunteered briefly at an old age home. I took some art classes and stuff. I had good SAT scores (without studying, I might add. I had never met anyone who studied for the SAT) and I was a good writer and wrote a pretty scholarly essay, for a kid. I see now(if you can believe the stats) that today's Wesleyan students all seem to be kids who were straight A students in high school. I wonder what that is like. Starting Job: physician, Preparedness: B-, Reputation: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private) Apr 15 2012 Alumna Female -- Class 2000   Forward  Blog it! 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