The institute is not an honors program, but provides an opportunity for students who are interested in college life. Its goals are to encourage able, articulate, independent and open-minded students. At the beginning of the semester, members of the Wesleyan Collegiate Institute met with Wesleyan President Jake B. Schrum to discuss the importance of contributing to the community. He encouraged students not only to do well financially, but do good with their lives. The future plan of this institute is to include other college courses such as college algebra to the collegiate workload.
Many college freshmen have problems with college algebra their first year.