Re: where to apply?
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If you wanted to go to the east coast, both Wesleyan and Vasser sound like decent fits for many of your criteria.
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Good God, stay away from Wesleyan. For one, it hardly meets his size criteria. For another, its a horrible, awful place. I met a bunch of Wesleyan students in Germany, and they hated it without exception. Some of the complaints:
- the incredibly liberal, whiny atmosphere. Apparently the movie PCU was based on Wesleyan, and its not that far off. Ugh.
- the gay community. They said that in student surveys, somewhere upwards of 50% of males had had a homosexual encounter by sophomore year. Part of the reason for that seemed to be the large number of hairy, flannel-wearing lesbians there, which resulted in a tiny pool of datable women. None of the Wesleyan kids felt comfortable in that kind of atmosphere.
- the lack of a good social scene. Most likely stems from the first reason.
As far as good recommendations go, you may want to rethink your size requirements. How did you come up with those numbers, anyways? If you're looking for a strong english department, you're not looking for classes with 1000 kids in them. 30 - or less - is ideal for that type of study.
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