<p>Anyone have info to share about Mount Union? Have you visited? Any info appreciated. Might consider setting up a visit there in a week or so when we will be in the area. </p>
<p>Tried to do a search on CC for info, but apparently I'm not a good searcher - not much luck!</p>
<p>Definitely visit it, if you (or your son/daughter) might be interested--especially since you live in Ohio. We visited 10 colleges. From that group, my daughter applied to 6 and chose not to apply to 4. A visit gives you much better information than a brochure or web site could. This is true even if you can visit only in the summer, when classes are out.</p>
<p>(Former Ohioan here.)</p>
<p>Quant, did you visit Mount Union? Any info you can provide on your or your child's impressions? Positive or not so positive aspects???</p>
<p>Sorry, we left Ohio many years ago, so I can't help very much. I do have a strongly favorable impression of the Mount Union graduates I know--but the number is very small, so it's hard to generalize. I do think that prospective students should see places for themselves, whenever possible. I really liked one college that my daughter didn't like much at all; and from friends' experiences, their children often reacted unpredictably, both pro and con, to different colleges.</p>
<p>The Southern Cal of small college football.</p>
<p>Yeah, I've heard and read the football stuff - I'm just hoping someone else might shed some other light before we make a visit!</p>
<p>My son spent 3 semesters there from Fall 06 to Fall 07. He liked the school a lot, but other reasons caused him to transfer out. Mount does have a reputation for being somewhat of a suitcase school, as many kids are somewhat local. Academics seemed all right. Housing was OK and improving. Athletic facilities are well above average for a D3 (thank you football). Overall, Mount is certainly not a Kenyon or a Denison, but it's OK. Cost is certainly lower than those caliber schools, T+R+B is around $30. Not much to do in Alliance, but the kids seem to go up to Kent or Akron a lot. Lots of drinking for sure, but not much of a drug scene. Certainly worth checking out if it meets your needs.</p>