Love this place. The instructors are wonderful. They are great teachers, helpful and patient…read more There's absolutely no pressure at the studio! They want you to do you. Fun and relaxing. I make pottery and go there to throw or hand build using clay. Jim and Mark are very knowledgeable and help with all of my questions. There's another instructor who runs painting classes. I've been going for a few years and recommend ALNB to beginners and experienced people. If you're a beginner interested in learning about pottery I highly recommend ALNB. There's zero judgment. You will only get positive support from everyone!!!!

I have no idea why someone would use yelp to decide about attending or working for any college, but…read moresince it's here I'll add my opinion. I'm a grad and 3 in my immediate family are grads or current student. One English major, one molecular bio, one neuroscience + Korean double major, one still deciding but maybe comp sci/ astrophysics This is a magical school. Professors are excellent teachers and tops in their fields. They care about teaching and their students. More science funding than any other small school. More NSF funded professors than any other school. More foreign languages taught than any other school. Best film department in the country. Big telescopes. Yes it's weird and proud of it. Non- conformist students who want to create new ways of solving issues. Diversity university and proud of it. Read President Roth's books and articles. No core coursework outside the major Everyone here did well in high school and took advanced classes. Wes trusts its students to explore the curriculum. The academic freedom makes it easier to double major as well. The city of Middletown has enough to satisfy, but this is not a " college town" and wes knows that. So they provide so much to do that students don't want to leave on the weekend or evenings: theater, movies 4 nights a week, music series, dance series, lectures plus spring fling. Students pile on even more student-run music, dance, theater, clubs, parties. Best housing: more single rooms, more student housing options with kitchens, meal plan that you can use to buy groceries. Bathroom grade: A. Yep, they have plenty of gender neutral and ADA options.

Since non-students are posting reviews about a school they never attended I'd like to partake in…read morethe fun too. First off prospective students should take these non-student reviews with a grain of salt. They're kinda silly and my review is no exception. Secondly it's unfortunate there are people in this world who hold a grudge against a potential employer simply because a job interview didn't turn out the way they intended. Can you say "sour grapes"? I doubt their employment seeking experience reflects the actual student experience at Wesleyan University in any way, shape or form. Now I don't pretend to know everything about this school. I'll leave that to the REAL students. But I will tell you that the harsh criticism of the school and the town of Middletown is undeserved. It's unfair. How an outsider can walk around a campus and a street for a few days and conclude that others should stay away is beyond me. It's unfathomable. Everyone I know who graduated from Wesleyan loved it. The school holds an exemplary reputation throughout the state of Connecticut. I sometimes hire for my company and I would personally hire a Wesleyan grad any day over some dumb Stanford or UPenn grad. It's a no brainer, especially after my recent experience in dealing with the ilk of people from those two schools. Newsflash for Chrissy; both schools were beat by Columbia in this year's US News ranking. Ha ha.

This is Judd Hall at the University where we came to volunteer for an early childhood cognitive…read morestudy. Parking is plentiful but not as close to the building as some would hope. The best parking is on street parking on High Street (not metered). If there is no on street parking available then you have to take a right and park in Lot C across the street from the university (also not metered). There are crosswalks, sidewalks, and walkways. When I bring my kids down for volunteering they enjoy running around in the well-maintained green available in front of the university buildings. It's a gorgeous outside space that includes beautiful flower garden sitting areas, ideal for lunches, studying, reading, or simply enjoying the weather while my children run around in the grass. At the time of our cognitive study appointments a young woman/man from the early childhood development lab will come out to meet us on the front steps of the building and guide us up to the testing area. The building is old and it is easy to tell that it has been about 50 years since the interior was designed. Luckily there is no musty smell like some older buildings get. The early childhood cognitive lab was cute. The college students working in the lab have office space set up on the right and a children's play area set up to the left. When my kids went in they were allowed time to play with the toys there and get comfortable with the college students conducting the study. Next the students took my child into the next room, left the door open so I could see, and filmed her doing a little computer game and a type of "simon says" game. After about 5 minutes of that my kids were allowed to play with the toys again before leaving. I had paperwork to fill out each time we went, it was very simple paperwork, no doctor records, ssn numbers, or insurance, all they asked was basic questions about my child. The students gave my kids stickers and cute erasers for being good, and gave me $10 for gas which I did not expect but did appreciate. I will definitely bring my kids back for another study if they call us.

Great meals, great deals. The only thing that I can do is get the chance to get a better idea of…read morewhat kind of know the feel of the game is so much more tame than the fact that I have to be a good time to reflect on the Cape cod and the other side of the world to see how the tables are going to turn.

Another great project completed from Dmitri and team. The Jaws piece is amazing. He and team also…read morecompleted a fantastic Goodfellas shadowbox. I look forward to future projects with Middletown Framing!

Top notch quality. Fixed up old ratty art so it would be…read moreframeable. I had years of framing to be done. Was given a generous bulk discount. Couldn't ask for more.

Are you friggin' kidding me ?…read more edit 6/2/2008: Sorry, it took a while for me to get back to this. I tuned in on the 25th because Barack Obama was speaking at the 2008 Commencement in place of Edward Kennedy and the Wesleyan web-site was simulcasting it live. First of all, it took FOREVER for all of the people to be seated and I was subjected to their drum corps during the entire parade - the drummers looked like something from another country and not in a good way. Senator Obama's address was scheduled to begin at 11:00am. The actual graduation addresses did not even start until 11:45 and the first speaker was the class valedictorian. What in God's name are they teaching up there? The girl could not talk to save her life - and she was the best that her class could produce to speak on their behalf?? We are all in serious trouble here folks if this is what $40K gets for an education these days. When Senator Obama FINALLY took the podium all hell apparently broke loose with the web people; suddenly the signal scrambled, delayed and then altogether stopped - please note there were absolutely NO issues during the drum rampage intro and boring parade of guests and grads. We have high speed cable connectivity with XP software so I'm pretty sure it was at their end. But, c'mon folks - during one of the most interesting political addresses that this state has seen in our time the university should have been better prepared. Then again, maybe the Wesleyan web team are Hillary supporters; lol.

Beautiful small campus. The architecture of the the academic, fraternity and sorority, and…read moreresidential buildings are absolutely gorgeous to look at. I wish the location of the campus was around more stores, etc because after a certain time...you are screwed if you are starving, etc.