How do kids like OWU?

<p>I am taking my D to look at OWU in March. We are from Illinois and do not know anyone who has gone there. What do students say about the school?</p>

<p>I don’t have much info for you, but DS#1 looked there too and it ended up one of his top two choices. Kids were friendly, loved the class he sat in on. He liked that there was a little more town nearby–the campus intersects a main drag of Delaware. Some of the Ohio LACs are fairly isolated/insular.</p>

<p>I’m curious how to distinguish between all the great Ohio LACs. DS#1 looked at OWU, Denison, Kenyon, and Wooster. I’ve been hearing good things about Wittenberg, so I think DS#2 will look there.</p>

<p>Anybody else have opinions/info comparing and contrasting Witt with these others?</p>

<p>I applied to Kenyon, Ohio Wesleyan, and Oberlin. My close friend applied to Denison, and another to Wooster. I also applied to Baldwin-Wallace. I visited Kenyon, OWU, and BW, and my friend visited Denison once and plans on a second visit.</p>

<p>I loved the atmosphere of all the schools I went to. Ohio Wesleyan was really friendly, I loved the English class I sat in on, I loved the campus, the food was decent, and I loved the honors dorms. I only have three negative things to say about OWU: I thought a group of girls at an SLU (small living unit) were rude, I can’t stand Phillips hall (home of Religion, Psychology, Journalism, and Education), and students were smart but not “intellectual” like Obies.</p>

<p>That being said, I liked OWU more than Kenyon. Kenyon was far prettier, on the outside, but I couldn’t stand the dorms. The students and faculty were also just as nice. The reason I don’t particularly like Kenyon is that the Frat scene seemed much more in control of social events, even though OWU gives Frat Housing options and Kenyon does not.</p>

<p>My friend loved Denison more than Kenyon. She said the dorms were new and livable, she thought everyone was nice, and she liked the general atmosphere of campus.</p>

<p>When it comes to Wittenberg, I haven’t heard much. I know it’s a decent school, but it doesn’t have specialties (that I’m aware of) like the other Ohio LAC’s (Oberlin is Religion, English, Music; Kenyon is Drama, English; OWU is the natural sciences and is trying to reinvent itself with a stellar International Studies program; Wooster is a jack-of-all-trades because of it’s IS; Denison is also strong in English and has respectable foreign language departments). It also has, according to CollegeBoard.com, lower academic averages than the Ohio Five. It’s still better than a school like Hiram or Baldwin-Wallace.</p>

<p>Also, I got a letter from OWU a while back about a visit to a seminar lead by the “Ohio Six” - evidentially Wittenberg might be joining the consortium. I haven’t heard anything else about that, though.</p>

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<p>To the original poster-</p>

<p>I applied to a total of eight schools, four of which are top 25 according to USNWR. I really like OWU, which is why it’s one of my top three choices. I’m hoping I get into Oberlin, which I would choose over OWU. The only reason is that Ohio Wesleyan is a science school. They regularly send kids to top-notch grad schools in the sciences and pre-prof programs. Oberlin is focused more on the humanities. Otherwise, Ohio Wesleyan is a great school, and the new president seems to be trying his best to bring it’s image back from a former president.</p>

<p>Delaware is also a nice little town. It’s part of the reason I could actually see myself at OWU. Add to that its proximity to Columbus, and OWU’s large diversity, and I’d easily choose it over Kenyon, Denison, or Wooster.</p>

<p>A relative of mine visited the school and she thought the people were really super nice. She did feel a certain amount of culture shock–she was somewhat freaked out by seeing lots of anti-choice billboards on the way there, even though she is a Republican, and she saw more heavy people than she is used to seeing.</p>