It’s difficult to imagine a more significant way of illustrating the differences between these four relatively small universities than a quick look at their respective COVID-19 dashboards.
Wake Forest tested randomly and had over 600 positive cases last Fall and is well on its way toward hitting the 1,000 case mark this semester:
COVID-19 Dashboard - Our Way Forward (wfu.edu)
The three liberal arts colleges tested their entire student bodies no fewer than once a week and more often than not twice a week and reported positive cases that were in the low teens:
Davidson College Covid-19 Testing Dashboard (shinyapps.io)
COVID-19 Reporting Dashboard | Middlebury Offices and Services