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Social life at Wesleyan is really great. The fact that most people at Wes love being there makes the social life very smooth and fun. There are two main events each year that many students take part in. One is 4/20. The other is Spring Fling. They are my two favorite holidays ever.

it's happening.

Partying is pretty accepted, 3 nights a week for freshmen and maybe subtract one night for each subsequent year.

Since I'm mostly into the arts at Wesleyan, I can tell you that, for starters, anything goes, and anything has gone! To date, I've done a faculty theatre show, a couple of other student-run shows, music-directed the student-written "Jaws the musical", performed in so many concerts that I can't even remember. The standard of arts here in Wesleyan is high, but that does not mean you can't start somewhere. Heck, I've tried my hand at dancing in a faculty show even though I've got two-left feet!

There are numerous arts events each weekend, both student run and professional through the Center for the Arts. These are great opportunities to be exposed to culture and see the talents of the student body. The popularity of these events varies, but for those interested they generally attend pretty frequently. The party scene is very open and fairly diverse; there are standard frat parties and concerts most every weekend, in addition to house parties that are generally open to most people. The social scene is very centered on campus and people rarely leave, except for special events in nearby cities or to visit friends. The campus is generally friendly and people are willing to stop and talk to people they may not know very well.

Students in dorms definitely leave their doors open. I met my closest friends in mocon freshman year. Awake on tuesday 2 am- sitting on a couch with friends. People party alot, but not all people. It may just be my friends. Frats and sororities are not important at all. I don't drink, but on saturday night I still go to parties. There is alot of dancing. Off campus, I swim in MIlleRS POND!

frats/sororities are all coed and there are only 4 on campus. two of which are all about literature (alpha delt) and music (eclectic). there are three things you need for survival, work, sleep and fun, but there's only time for two of these things. Wesleyan students work and have fun. people don't usually go to athletic events... it's wesleyan... people want to be creative (like make an art instillation as protest for the war) and smoke weed on the hill. dorm doors are always open. students are always interested in going to events because they are often the COOLEST EVENTS EVER. and students are genuinely interested in learning so they go. if you ever get bored of campus, nyc is a 2 hour train ride away

Social life here is pretty good on any given night there are usually several cultural things to choose from whether organized by students or the administration. Some people go to frats, some people go to house parties, some people see live music; there really is a lot to do.

Clubs, groups, anything from biking and climbing to women contraceptive awareness in Africa. A great range of interests are supported at Wesleyan. Intramural sporting competitions and fraternity pledging are all events taking place on campus. There is indeed a strong party scene, but on any weekend night like-minded individuals congregate to pursue what they want, regardless; some even fight outside on the Butterfield lawn with felt-covered arrows and swords. Clearly, one can do most anything one wants, that's largely legal, on Wesleyan's campus.

Do whatever you want - there are over 500 clubs and organizations, varsity, club, and intramural sports, all kinds of stuff. The dorms vary, the all-freshman ones are definitely more friendly (and raucous). Parties all over campus in students' homes, dorms, frats, and program houses (houses oriented by common ethnicity, interests, culture, or orientation). There are always movies on campus and exhibitions in the Center for the Arts, including visiting music, theater, dance, and visual art performers as well as Wesleyan's own performers. Athletics get the short end of the stick, but we do play in NESCACs. Frats aren't big at all; they host parties for the whole campus, but very few join.

the social life at Wes is definitely something I'm very happy about. nights out are rarely boring and there's always a party to go to or somewhere to hang, especially during the fall and spring when it's warm enough to hang out on Foss Hill. the frats and the senior/junior houses/apartments offer at least a few locations to have fun on any given night of any weekend. there are also plenty of speakers and shows and comedy acts and a cappella to offer entertainment as well. people are also generally friendly enough that you can always find somewhere to chill.

Campus life is rich and active, with plenty of student run events, performances and activities. There are program houses for all types of people, and most of them host parties, shows, and guest speakers. Foss Hill is the place to be when the weather is good, with people enjoying the sunshine, studying, napping, etc.

Wes has everything for every type... except if you're looking for a major sorority scene. (Thankfully) Wes doesn't really cator to that type of institution.

Soccer, Lacrosse, Track, and Swimming all have good teams and are fun events to go to. Soccer has the rowdiest fans, many of which travel with the team to every game no matter how far. There are parties every weekend, often times the frats will throw theme parties (ex. sex, country, bay area, 80's, etc.) Drinking and none drinking activities are easy to find. Always something going on such as concerts, plays, comedy groups, and movies (Wesleyan has its own movie theater).

The men's lacrosse and soccer teams are pretty good. Men's and women's frisbee are super-good. Men's crew is really, really good, and the women are serious as well. There are lots of intramural sports which almost everyone participates in, and they are really fun (but you'll soon learn they are often an excuse to drink). I am captain of the sailing team and like many teams at Wesleyan, it is less than super-serious. At the same time, the members are dedicated and while we are not particularly competitive in sailing toughest district, we always have fun. Guest speakers, theatre, comedy-shows - all are well attended, and by diverse crowds. There is incredible live music every weekend - the music students here are incredibly talented, and if it's live salsa, bluegrass, LGBT punk, or jazzy funk you want, it's available and it's really good. People love to dance. The night life is like this: Sunday, Monday and Tuesday are work nights, for the most part. People work hard. Wednesday is bar-night if you're 21 or have an ID. Thursday the weekend begins (there are very few classes on Friday) and people hit it hard. There'll be frat parties, dorm parties, house parties, organized parties, etc. Drinking games abound but they are by no means at the center of the whirlwind - usually it's live music, dancing or both. Friday is fairly quiet as people recover, or because they have sporting events to compete in on Saturday, and then Saturday night it's back at it for more. Drugs are available and widely used but there isn't any pressure to partake. Depending on your crowd, cocaine or acid are probably the drugs of choice. There is some ectasy too, I suppose. Everyone drinks and 90{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} smoke weed, which is fairly expensive, but the dank stuff is available. Maybe 30{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the student body smokes cigarettes, and fortunately they are fairly discreet about it.

The film board is a group of seven students selected to program the film series. We decide which movies to play and plan special events which bring directors or producers to campus. There are concerts all around campus, so there is usually something to do. I mostly hang out with my friends.

Activities certainly exist for non-drinking students, and all school-sponsored activities are supposedly dry. It's possible to party Wednesday through Saturday without looking too hard, and there isn't really a stigma against drinking all the time. Frats are pretty unimportant and most parties that are really good are house parties. Board games are always fun :D

So many different options -- frat parties, movies, house parties, dances, live bands, and bars. Alcohol is present, but there are also tons of things to do without drinking or doing drugs.

Middletown doesn't offer the most social opportunities (though there are a MILLION great restaurants, and the few bars that exist are fun and frequented by Wes students), so to make up for this, there always has to be alot going on ON campus, which I love. People don't flock to cities like they might at other campuses, because there's always something to do. Frat life is small and different from your typical frat scene. "Brothers" from the three different frats mingle and are allowed in all the houses. Frat parties are not exclusive, though some students certainly go all 4 years without stepping foot into them. People truly work hard and play hard here.

There are 5 frats at Wesleyan and here they are ranging from least to most dangerous to enter: Psi U, Eclectic, Alpha Del, Beta and Deek. The first 2 are populated by hipster/cool kids, that are pretty fun to be around and tend to throw some good parties from time to time. Alpha Del is where the strange kids hang out. We're talking Goth, to openly sexual entities. If the rumors are true (which I'd bet on), they've had organized group orgies. Word is that everyone who signed up for it had to get tested for any sort of diseases before they participated. As for Beta and Deek, Beta = lacrosse, and Deek = football. These are the big guys that like to play beer pong and hit on those dumb blonds that are always getting too drunk.