<p>i am a current student so ask away if you are applying early decision or regular decision and have any questions about the school.</p>
<p>hi.. im confused abt the application.. if I want to submit the common app.. then where is its supplement on the site??????</p>
<p>Hi there,</p>
<p>I'll have to check. I am not associated with the admissions office so I am not too familiar and last year, I submitted the regular online application.</p>
<p>hi. but then do you know if even the people who send the CApp need to write the essays [2 since im asking for aid] and personal statement?
im really confused..</p>
<p>OWU is on my dtr's short list for application next fall (she is a jr now). I know the school has a good psych program and appears to have a good art program (her favored double majors). Are double majors doable at OWU? She is looking for a rather liberal student body--how would you describe the atmosphere there? OWU seems to set high standards for retention of merit scholarsips--do most students manage to meet the grade requirements to renew their scholarships? My dtr's scores currently 2060SAT and 30 ACT, plus top 10% of her class; will these be sufficient for merit scholarships?</p>
<p>hi prachi,</p>
<p>i think you do need to write the second essay? since it is on a relatively general topic, it shouldn't be too hard. also, it appears that the deadline is feb 1.</p>
<p>hi bookmom,</p>
<p>fine arts and psychology are probably among the top 10 departments at ohio wesleyan university. the other strong departments (judging by placements of grads) are physics, math, classics, english and sciences in general (especially with a shifted investment focus towards those by the university). fine arts had their facilities renovated. i don't know much about that field but one of the CC users commented last year about the fine arts facilities and how they compare with other schools. i am sure you can find her comments pretty easily with a search. </p>
<p>the university encourages double majors and i'd say about 50% of the students do double-major. </p>
<p>the requirements for keeping scholarships are rigid and they should be. currently one needs to keep a gpa of 3.5, which may be quite difficult in some of the science fields and mathematics but not so daunting in classics, economics or poli sci. </p>
<p>your daugter's scores should make her a very competitive candidate for merit aid (assuming that she is an american). the game for internationals is a lot more intense. </p>
<p>hope this helps.</p>
<p>i forgot to answer one of your questions about how liberal the students are. i'd say it is pretty liberal just as much as kenyon, less so than oberlin and more so than most of the midwest lacs. my personal opinion is that owu picks up quite a few liberal students from the liberal pockets of ohio and neighbouring states, and the west coast and quite a few students from ct, ny and nj. someone told me that the admissions office spends about 50% of their time recruiting in ct and ny. a lot of these students tend to be conservative and rich.</p>
<p>since you asked me about how liberal the student body is, someone posted this a while ago and it is worth checking out: </p>
<p>stud05--Thanks for the insights--I will pass them on to DD. She told me this week that OWU is 4th on her list, so I think any merit aid offers next year might move it up the chain. Being from OH I favor any of the Ohio colleges over other midwest states' schools and as I plan to move back there once all kiddoes are out of HS, an OH college would be more convenient for all. I like the idea of Columbus being so close yet the college is in a smaller setting, sort of the best of both. I went to both urban UG and grad and always had to keep looking over my shoulder at both--prevous resident in my grad apt had been murdered there, which accounted for the kitchen's nice new flooring and the new paint job. OWU also works very hard on diversity, esp welcoming intl students so that brings a bit of the cosmopolitan environment (at least diversity-wise) she prefers to the smaller setting as well.</p>
<p>Your comment makes sense. Ohio Wesleyan is not exactly similar to the other Ohio colleges. More like Oberlin and Kenyon. Even compared to this, it is has its own strong and weak points: certain departments (Math) are much better at OWU than they are at Oberlin while Oberlin may have a slightly more prominent name overall. You are right...international diversity is one of Wesleyan's key strength in terms of the student population and the new president has been very committed to this cause. What are your daughter's other choices?</p>
<p>Other colleges? Beloit seems to to be current #1 followed by Grinnell (her reach) and Drake [for reasons I don't understand except she really liked the Des Moines downtown and the band scene and I believe she felt it would be 'easier']. The balance keep shifting places: Ohio Wesleyan, Lawrence (she felt too many sutdents were conservtory/music oriented and it is furthest north of her choices), Lake Forest (closeness to Chgo is a plus but the town is very upper crust and there is no off-campus college town area; may be too J Crew for her). U of ILL is her financial safety but with 30K students she doesn't much want to plunge in and Truman St in MO is 2nd $$ safety but probably not for her either. She is ruling out Earlham, which I think would be a lot like Beloit and I have ruled out Oberlin; she also decided against Wash U St L. We also have yet to visit Wittenberg, Otterbein, and Wooster. I think Denison might be too preppy for her and Miami/Osford definitely is not her cup of tea. She won't discuss Case Western since I went there (!) though I think she would like the urban setting. And she has decided against schools in PA and MD as 'too eastern'. How do you students EVER decide? I visited 3 schools in the dark ages and applied to just 1 because my dad went there. I didn't much like it but too much trouble to transfer, and my closest friend was a sorority sister there, so something good came of it.</p>
<p>These are all excellent schools and pretty similar to each other in many ways. With her scores, she should be a very competitive candidate for aid at just about all of them! Do let me know if you have any other questions about Ohio Wesleyan! Good luck!</p>
<p>bookmom:
Don't rule out Denison -- especially if you are on the hunt for merit money. The kids at Denison are very nice, and no more or less preppy than many of the other schools you've listed. How does Denison get that reputation? I just don't see it. (Son is freshman there.)</p>
<p>It is true that Denison has the reputation of being more preppy than Ohio Wesleyan, Grinnell, Beloit and certainly Oberlin. I think it is because it attracts a lot of New England rich kids. My feel about the place was that it was conservative politically than any of the above schools. What does your son think about the scene?</p>
<p>I also don't see a lot of rich New England kids there. My son has one friend from Connecticut, and one from New Jersey. (Those are the only ones I know of close to New Eng - his other friends are from Calif, Illinois, Minnesota, and of course Ohio.) Both of those kids are as broke as him. Actually I think that because Denison is so generous with merit aid the kids there are not as rich as at similar schools.</p>
<p>My son is quite liberal, although not terribly engaged politically. Of the friends of his that I know I would categorize two as very liberal and one as conservative. The others I don't know about.</p>
<p>It is true that a certain kind of kid who loves Oberlin might not find such a generous niche at Denison -- however, even that may not be true as Denison has this one amusing housing option that is literally log (or straw bale?) cabins with no electricity. It is "sustainable" housing - the kids heat with wood and light by kerosene lamps. It is slightly off campus near the bio-preserve. Son has a friend who lives there. It is a fairly "granola" crowd living there! Ha!</p>
<p>(Go to the FAQ page and follow the link to see their telephone - it is hilarious.)</p>
<p>bookmom...What do you know about Drake. It come up in a search of my child's but I have never really heard much?</p>
<p>Weenie--thanks for the different take on Denison. We will be so close in April at other OH schools that I really should swing D by there. Denison used to have a big partying/fraternity image of preps who drink and never study when I was in college in Ohio in the 70s. Over the past decade or so school has worked to change that image (rather like Lake Forest College has) and it appears to be succeeding--Denison is right up there in upper tiers of LACs. But old images take a long time to die out.</p>
<p>Sideways--Drake has a good rep as one of USNew's top 'regional colleges' but never seems to make the top cuts in all the college review books. Don't know why (my nephew flunked out of first term at their law school but subsequently JDed from U Dayton)--school offers a law and pharmacy school and I believe couples with Wash U on engineering. Campus was not too big, surrounded by an old neighborhood a little rough on a couple sides--wouldn't want D to live off campus. Most students hale from IA, MN, MO, KS, IL. (that may account for the regional vs natl rep). A lot of them seemed to be in Christian/religious extra curricular groups, majority seemed to be wearing DRAKE logo tees and sweatshirts (not my D's style), and they sponsor a natl/intnl track and field meet each spring--lots of the kids seem to be jocks--they even have a rowing team. Dorms and facilities were nice. My D loved the downtown area of DesMoines--state capital, renovated, a 'village' area with coffee shops recycled clothing shops, lots of indie bands (D's passion). Also, Drake offers AP credit for scores of 3 not just 4/5, so D figured it might be a bit easier than the other LACs she is looking at. She thought the kids were all friendly, even though my thoughts were that her stats were way on the high side and the kids were too wholesome for my artsy quirky kid. I told her I'd drive 6 hrs for Grinnell, but less sure about 6 hrs to Drake, though it is her life and being at a top 100 LAC shouldn't be the reason to pick a school. I am not sure how generous Drake is with FA--D should qualify for 50+% tuition scholarships at many of the other schools she is considering. Admissions very friendly and helpful. Still, I wouldn't put Drake in same basket with OWU or Denison.</p>
<p>Both my parents went to Ohio Wesleyan, graduating in '79 and '80. They really liked it, although my dad was a transfer student so only spent two years there. Both of them did a program in England for a semester (Wroxton College) and they have been talking about it for my entire life! They came from suburban Massachusetts towns--wealthy suburbs--but neither had any money in school. I think they worked at Domino's or something. There were a lot of liberal kids there but some could be described as "limousine liberals." wealthy kids who were liberal because of guilt rather than strong conviction. Aren't most teens liberal until they get out in the world and realize they don't want all their money taken by the government? Anyway, I don't think OWU is any more liberal than other colleges. My cousins go to Hamilton and Wesleyan (CT) and they are both really liberal.....goes with the age and stage of life, I think.</p>