<p>Calling all Woosterite's and Ohioans. Help Rita out. BTW , COW is College of Wooster. ;)</p>
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<p>What can people tell me about COW? D is very excited about their IS program and the school appears to be very interested in her. She is a good student and I want her to be at a school where she will be challenged , as well as supported.</p>
<p>Would appreciate hearing from people who know this school. I have been inpressed by positive references to it in earlier posts.
<p>We visited in November. Dropped in unannounced a couple days before Thanksgiving. We got an impromptu tour, and didn't see dorms or classes. We liked the campus well enough. It has a fairly big street cutting through the middle of campus, but it didn't bother us. We were impressed with the senior project requirement, the housing options, the architecture of some of the buildings, the very nice student union - with bowling alley in the basement! We liked the black squirrels, too. There are some nice areas with a great "college feel" to them.</p>
<p>D didn't apply because she had other schools on her list she was happy enough with (and didn't feel like writing more essays for the merit $$$). The campus reminded me a bit of Allegheny (Meadville, PA). The Admissions Office gets a "10" from us - they couldn't have been nicer. We had visited Denison that same morning, and lots of our impressions were based on comparisons. They are similar in many ways, but Denison struck us as better cared for. A dad on our Denison tour said he graduated from COW and felt that back then COW's academics were stronger.</p>
<p>COW offered my D one of the best scholarships, talent one- if one could do something special like biuld bridges from matchsticks which goes up to half tuition. So if anyone has some exceptional talent Wooster might be very generous. My D did overnight there and liked it well enough, pretty diverse group of students, surrounding city is not big and not especially catered for students but large enough to find some spots if need be. She decided against it mostly because she wanted to stay close to home.
I believe they have those cameras at admission office buidling or student center that one can see activity at any given time, was pretty informational to see how students dress, etc.</p>
<p>My D is very interested in Wooster and I would love to hear about your experience there. Is there a type of student who is especially well-suited to Wooster? Was it the right decision for you? And if so, why?</p>
<p>You know all those college brochures clogging our mailboxes? Well, it's been 3 years, and I still remember COW's. It was the funniest we had read, and I really thought D should investigate it, just because of the personality that came through - creative, lighthearted, yet professional. But she had other schools in mind, and though we both loved the brochure, she never looked back. If the school is anything like their tongue-in-cheek look at themselves, I give it a thumbs up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>My son is a junior at COW, and it's worked out well for him. He's kind of a complainer by nature, yet when I asked him what the faculty are like, he said they're terrific. As for the type of kids that go there, there doesn't seem to be one "type." In fact, when I asked him if he thought his "geekier," less socially savvy younger brother would be happy at COW, S said, "EVERYBODY finds someone to be friends with at COW" -- there's enough diversity of "type" that everyone seems to be able to find their own. </p>
<p>I've been very happy with the facilities, too. I love the Scot's something-or-other....an Internet cafe-type place with a bank of computers, looking out over the campus. All in all, it seems like a pretty content place.</p>
<p>The kids do party, but I don't get the sense that it's any more a "party school" than most other LAC's. S's friends do take academics seriously. It's definitely the kind of place where a student who cares about his work will connect with his profs and come out a grownup.</p>
<p>Wooster is part of a consortia of LAC's that offer tuiton benefits for children of faculty and staff (if admitted). It is popular with with professor's children - and their parents - who should at least have something of a clue!</p>
<p>My daughter was accepted at Wooster ED this year. She toured many schools and fell in love with Wooster. A big part of the attraction is that she is a bagpiper. They have a significant group of pipers at Wooster. She was offered good merit money. Many schools don't offer much $ to ED students. The only requirement to keep the $ for all 4 years is that you are not on academic probation and you continue to make progress towards your graduation requirements. It sure will be a swithch from Florida, but she's very excited.</p>
<p>My DD did further research into schools with anthropology and archeology and discovered COW. She applied asap, but not by Jan 1st, so no way to apply for some of the merit scholarships.
We just have to wait and see what happens. Any other info would be great!</p>
<p>I don't know anything about it really- but wanted to add that the only person I knew ( through) my daughter who attended, liked it very much ( we are in Seattle)</p>
<p>Its been a long time since I was a student at COW, but even now if I just wander into Lowry center (student center) I am sure a professor or two will call me out with my first name.</p>
<p>COW is a great place to learn, definately not a HYP school but one of the very few under grad schools that "REQUIRE" a senior "IS" (independent study) to graduate.</p>
<p>Dont let the IS freak you out, EVERY one gets it done, and it teaches you how to do reaserch and claim to be an expert in your chosen area of study.</p>