<p>Any sugestions for our visit tomorrow? Thanks.</p>
<p>When I was there years ago, one of my professors used to always take me to CW Burgersteins for lunch. I think it's called TJ's now. It's located downtown on Liberty Street. Another place I always liked was The Barn Restaurant which is out on SR 585 N. It is literally a refurbished barn turned restaurant. It's actually located in Smithville, but still not too far from the college as I recall. </p>
<p>Below is a link to those and some other places around town. Let us know how it goes. </p>
<p>[url=<a href="http://pages.wooster.edu/%7Emgooch/wooster/dining.html%5DDining%5B/url">http://pages.wooster.edu/~mgooch/wooster/dining.html]Dining[/url</a>]</p>
<p>My dining favorites are</p>
<p>The Olde Jaol Brewing Company
Wooster Inn
South Market Bistro
Matsos</p>
<p>Hotels
Wooster Inn -- if there is only one they usually give you a reduced rate</p>
<p>Yeah, Matso's has always been very popular also. I should have singled them out as well.</p>
<p>The Hilton Garden Inn and the Hampton Inn are our two favorites. With Triple AAA rates, they're usually around $89. Both are new or newish, and very nice. The Hampton offers complimentary breakfast; Hilton does not. They're on opposite ends of town, each about 1 1/2-to-2 miles from campus. Wooster Inn is also wonderful, but more expensive and much harder to get into whenever something is going on. (Big games, family day, visiting student days, commencement, etc.) As for food, I agree with Matsos. Very nice, and in the old part of town. The newer, ugly strip-mall section has a variety of chain eateries, like Applebees, Red Lobster, etc. Have fun!</p>
<p>My son and I lunched at the drive through McDonald's 2 weeks ago.
Then again, we were in sort of a hurry.</p>
<p>Enjoy your visit.</p>
<p>Thank you for all the suggestions. I'll let you all know how the visit goes.</p>
<p>Okay applicntmum77, so how was your visit? where did you eat/stay? Overall impressions? Do tell.</p>
<p>We went to the overnight for accepted students. They put on a very impressive program and we both enjoyed our glimpse into life at Wooster. The weather was beautiful, which always helps. I stayed at the Wooster Inn and it was lovely. We had dinner at the Inn because we were pressed for time and it was delicious.</p>
<p>Daughter stayed with a sophomore and they clicked. And yes I finally heard the words I had been waiting to hear. "Mom,I really want to go here". And yes we bought the Wooster shirt!!!! ( And with no hesitation I might add.)</p>
<p>Thanks for all the reccomendations. I have printed and filed them for our next four years of visits!</p>
<p>I would definately reccommend doing the accepted student overnight program. The lectures and panel were informative and the flavor of the college really came through. We even got a taste of the bagpipers! They had a breakfast for parents with faculty and they were very approachable and informative. Daughter attended several classes and found them enjoyable. They thought of everything.
They even had a bus tour of the town for an hour!</p>
<p>So, we are done. Wooster Class of 2012!</p>
<p>applicantmum, Just want to say congratulations to you and your daughter! Wooster sounds like a very nice school!</p>
<p>Yes, congratulations! And welcome!</p>
<p>Welcome, I hope your daughter will be as happy as ours has been. While she is looking forward to being done with exams, she will certainly miss being at Wooster over the summer. You can't ask for more from freshman year.</p>
<p>That's great! I'm glad to hear it worked out so well. Go Scots!</p>
<p>Can you please comment on the city? What is there to do in Wooster in terms of nightlife, museums, coffee houses, etc.
thank you.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the welcoming words. I had a hard time sending off all the "Thanks, but no thanks" postcards. (especially Denison). But I'm not the one going to college!</p>
<p>So now that we are committed, why do people not graduate from Wooster? How common is it to not complete the I.S.? If I remember correctly, the 4 year graduation rate is 70%.</p>
<p>Great question. I asked that of our admissions officer a couple of years back and she said they felt it had to do with the I.S. The fact is, Wooster has (in the past) not been very selective; because of competition with so many other schools, it has traditionally accepted a broad range of students--from good to bad to indifferent. Those who are not up to the challenge of an intensive year-long I. S. project, in addition to the normal academic demands, often end up leaving before all is said and done. I think you'll see a higher graduation rate in future years as Wooster becomes more selective. This year, if my calculations are anywhere near right, they accepted around 55% of their applicants as opposed to 70-80% in previous years.</p>
<p>radannie--The town of Wooster is nothing to rave about. There's a semi-charming old section and the usual hideous Wal Mart section a couple of miles away. The school itself is the main attraction. My daughter will be starting her junior year next fall and always seems to have something interesting to do. There is a lot going on around campus--music, theater, speakers (Robert Kennedy Jr. came last Sept.), lectures, parties, etc. Wooster itself has little to offer as far as I can see, other than places to purchase necessities and a few decent eateries. It's the school itself that absolutely shines like a beacon in the dark! Same is true with other outstanding schools like Kenyon, Grinnell, Carleton, Denison, Vassar, etc. They're self-contained institutes of learning and entertainment!</p>
<p>Apart from the usual factors such as financial problems, poor fit, personal issues, etc., I think one contributing factor is that Wooster takes chances on some students who have yet to demonstrate their full potential. Often, they develop them into serious scholars. Other times, and much less often, it doesn't work out. Unfortunately, that's part of the flip side of being willing to accept greater risks.</p>
<p>You will notice that schools with the highest graduation rates are those that rarely ever take a chance on admitting anyone with less than the most stellar academic credentials. They take no risks in admissions, and yet, take all the credit when their charges merely continue to perform along an already well-established progression of accomplishment with relative predictability. </p>
<p>That's why I think schools like Wooster tend to accomplish a great deal more with their students than some of the better known and more prestigious ones. They take a few risks along the way and manage to have a real impact. I'm a living example of that.</p>
<p>Radainne,</p>
<p>After visiting many other small LAC's we felt Wooster(The town) though small had more to offer than many other college towns. (Kenyon, Hamilton, Colgate, Colby, etc)</p>
<p>FLVADAD</p>
<p>Your answer captured my thoughts completely. </p>
<p>Applicantmum77</p>
<p>IMHO you should not have second thoughts about Denison. Many people in academia feel Wooster is the stronger school. Matter-of-fact up until the last 2-3 years the Fiske Guide to Colleges always made mention of this. </p>
<p>We know several parents who have children that attend both schools. And the one comment that is always made is they like both schools but their child at Woo would not be as happy at Denison and vice-versa.</p>