After many recommendations, today we visited the College of Wooster for a special admissions event. We had a wonderful time and Wooster is now solidly in my daughter’s top 2 or 3 schools.
We were totally sold on their academic program & Independent Study system, the campus was beautiful (even in 15 degree weather!) and even the side features (study abroad, internships, transferring in college credits so she can have more flexibility to double major or do more study abroad) were very close to a perfect fit. We ended up sitting next to the admissions counselor for our region during lunch and he was great. Answered our questions (even some tough ones!) and gave her some good advice about admissions and school research in general. We also ran into the sister of her HS teammate on campus (it is a small campus!), so even seeing a familiar face added to the good day we had.
The only reservations my daughter had were related to diversity, the very rural location and the fact that it isn’t quite as far from home as she would like to go. We talked about the trade-offs she would make for her other favorite schools too and she decided the pros far outweigh the cons for Wooster. We will go back for a more in-depth visit in the spring to get answers to a few more questions and take tour (we were in info sessions and panels all day), but at first swipe it was a big hit.
If it ends up being affordable, it would be very hard to say no!
Sending a big thank you to @pishicaca, @MAmom111, @AlmostThere2018
@MAmom111 , @AlmostThere2018, @mamaedefamilia, @momofsenior1, @realmmom and anyone else I am missing who recommended Wooster!