The College of Wooster

Date: Nov 15 2011
Major: Other (This Major's Salary over time)
In response to the article below me, I had a similar perception. I've realized this year that Wooster is definitely more conservative, and definitely less open-minded than I felt it was last year. Furthermore, while my first semester I was able to meet a lot of people and felt people were generally friendly, independent, and self-minded, they became quite cliquey and conformist by the end of freshman year. However, I don't think Wooster's any less conformist than any other small LAC… it comes with the game, I went to a small high school as well. Yet I have to say despite the general cliquey-ness, Wooster tends to be at least slightly friendlier and more diverse than other LAC's.

However, do NOT be fooled into thinking this school is super liberal and open-minded. When you tour Wooster they will stress that you can be who you want to be, but in reality, sororities and fraternities are not exactly influential in their small numbers but the school tends to exonerate students who do enter Greek life. Furthermore, people are cliquey, and while they don't reject people outside of their cliques, it's hard to get by if you don't have a really secure, locked-in group of friends by the end of Freshman year. Most of these cliques are comprised of people exactly like each other. And the review below me got the safety situation pretty much down-pat. I would argue that Wooster is not as conservative as some students whine, but it's definitely not extremely tolerant of people different than the cookie-cutter mold small LAC upper-middle-clas student. However, most people will be at least treated with respect on campus to a degree, if not in the community. But honestly, this is the real world, guys, most people are moderates out there.

Wooster, however, will give you a better education than you expected. I was concerned Wooster was not as "highly ranked" as some schools I applied to, but honestly, you'll have a few bad professors here and there but most professors are accessible, intelligent, and challenge you to critically think in their classes. I.S. is also as great as it's made out to be. So basically, Wooster, like any other school is good and bad. I think if I could go back and do it again, I'd still choose Wooster out of the schools I applied to… there's no point in regretting choosing Woo now.