Wheaton College-Norton Top Questions

Wheaton is a small school but I love that fact. I can recognize almost everyone at least by their faces. However, this aspect of Wheaton may not be for everyone. I also think we have a beautiful campus. The school has so much history and tradition which is really fun to be a part of. One thing I would change is the surrounding area of Norton. There is not much to do in Norton by the way of nightlife. But...Providence is only 20 to 30 minutes away and has a great nightlife culture!

The best thing about Wheaton is the comfortable feeling you get when you are on campus. You are away at school for the majority of the year and it really becomes your home away from home. Our school is very small, but never really feels that way. I still meet new people every year and I like being able to recognize people around campus. Wheaton's location is really great. There are few distractions of the busy city but you are only a 30 min. train ride from boston or a 20 min ride from providence. My friends and I go down to providence place often to go shopping or out to dinner (cheesecake factory!)

Wheaton is a well respected school. It is very small though, but that helps in the classroom. There isnt much of a town in Norton, Wheaton is basically, but the neighboring towns are growing. There are not alot of sections of classes offered or alot of classes offered in general in certain subjects. Scheduling can be very limited.

I have not enjoyed my experience at Wheaton. So much so that I am taking a year long leave of absence. I burnt out on school and that was partly due to my frustrations with this institution. Example: it took me four semesters before I took a class that I a) found really engaging and intellectually stimulating and b) had a professor who took an interest in the class and individuals as well as pushed people into discussion and debate. So I'm up, up and away to get my enthusiasm for learning back and maybe doing something fun in the process.

You recognize faces everywhere you go. I rarely walk anywhere on campus and see someone I don't recognize. That's why I love Wheaton! I can always walk into the dining hall and find someone I know to sit with. I joke that I could sit in the dining hall from 7am-7pm and be entertained all day. The close relationships students make with each other, with faculty and staff is what makes Wheaton such a wonderful place. We're really close to Wrentham outlets with fabulous outlet shopping and we often go into Providence for dinner, which is only about a 20 minute drive.

Wheaton is small, keep that in mind because when you enter freshmen year it may seem big, but by the time you get to sophomore year you realize that you already know almost everyone. Some people like this if they went to a small high school or are looking for a very personal experience, but if you're not looking for that close community or came from a big high school where no one knew your business, then Wheaton isn't for you. Another thing about Wheaton many people don't realize is that there's nothing to do in Norton so mostly everyone resorts to drinking on the weekends. Norton is a really boring and shitty town in itself, and Wheaton is the really only big attraction there. However, you are close to both Boston and Providence so that's really nice and public transportation makes it somewhat easy to visit both places so you can go shopping, out to eat, or visit friends at other schools. But going into Boston or Providence can also be a hastle and costly if you do it enough, so then the other option is to do the activities Wheaton has around campus on the weekends, which can be fun, but most of them people only participate in if they're drunk, such as the dances. Drinking is a really big part of Wheaton and if you're bothered by it then I wouldn't suggest Wheaton, but if you don't mind dealing with it or enjoy it yourself then you'll fit in great. Another big complaint at Wheaton is the food. A lot of people like it, but a lot of people don't. I think compared to other colleges our food isn't bad, but I just feel like there's never enough variety, it's always the same thing or nothing good, so you get sick of the food easy.

The best thing about Wheaton is the student-professor relationship. The professors are required to have open office hours where you can talk about homework, projects, up-coming exams, or life. The school is the right size for learning but not for socializing, everyone knows everyones business. When people hear i go to Wheaton they first ask if its the one in Illinois, then they are impressed. what college town... the best thing in norton is Norton Liquors.The alcohol policy is extremely absurd. We may as well have a 24/7 babysitter watching our every move and testing every beverage for alcohol. There is no way to explain your personal situation and if you live in meadows the AC will not listen to a word you say, speak in unintelligible sentences, and blow everything out of proportion.

i love my school. i truly do.. i picked it by closing my eyes and putting my finger on an envelope with my acceptance letter inside. as an alum of a 3,000 student highschool, wheaton doesnt feel incredibly small. the feeling of a community is important to me, and at wheaton its truly an awesome experience to feel included in this community. i absolutely LOVE my school and to be honest, i didnt expect to.

I fell that Wheaton is a great school, otherwise I would have transfered. I believe that what Wheaton does best is the Wheaton community. I came in January and since then everyone has been so kind to me, so friendly, so helpful, so realistic. The school does get a little repetitive at times, but you cannot expect a school of 1,550 to have such a diversity of activities as schools five times or more it's size. With the size of it though, it is pretty easy to get to know a good number of the people here and that's what I do most of the time, just chatting with new people or catching up with old friends. I guess another issue we have is that Wheaton is currently in a housing crunch, so some of the rooms are a bit different from regular rooms, but a lot of these converted rooms are pretty spacious, so they tend to be better than the regular rooms.

Wheaton is a small school (1,500 students) that is about 60{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} girls. Each year more guys are accepted, adn it really seems to be even. If you want to have individualized attention and recognize most of the students as you walk around the Dimple, then Wheaton is the place for you. If you want to hide and just be a number, this isnt the place for you. Class sizes are small, the introductory courses are often larger, but that means that you might have a 40 person lecture class as opposed to an 11-15 person class.