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We checked out Wooster in the summer before my son's HS junior year, having read about it in Pope's ["If there is no Wooster we have to invent one", "If there is no Antioch we have to create one", "If there is no Lawrence we have to make one", etc] book.

It seemed quite a fine college. The students seemed happy to be there. The library and some of the buildings seemed old (and were disappointing). (Maybe I am spoiled - the four year college in our town has a much better library.) The president's qualifications were very interesting - he has a Olympic medal in badminton and a PhD in math. I think that he studied in Pomona for his undergraduate.

Access to the town was a problem for us. The E-W interstate roads in Ohio are in the north and south but not in the middle. Ultimately, this factor caused us to rule out COW.

Oh, our tour guide said that only three colleges in the US have senior thesis requirement - New College of Florida, COW, being two.

Let me mention some colleges I have a very good impression of: Lawrence and Colorado College.

I am amazed at the number of good liberal arts (Pope) colleges in/near Ohio - Oberlin, COW, Antioch, Denison, Earlham, Kenyon, and Hiram.

amd

By Amd (Amd) on Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 10:36 pm: Edit

Also, I don't understand the comment about the Interstate. The school is simply located in a small town, but its easily accessible.

From our hometown, we had to go about 1 1/2 North or 1 1/2 South, to catch an interstate and then come back South or North to get to Wooster. There was quite a bit of traveling on small roads and two way traffic roads.

amd

By Morgantruce (Morgantruce) on Friday, May 23, 2003 - 08:20 am: Edit

We also have to travel 1 1/2 hours to reach an interstate highway---some of the miles on dirt and gravel roads. This did not stop our daughter from choosing to go to Kenyon College in tiny Gambier, Ohio---about as rural a location as you can get for any college. At least there aren't any dirt roads on that end of the trip.

Many of the nicest places in the USA are "difficult" to get to... that's what keeps them nice!

One thing in common with all the really horrible places in the USA: most of 'em are real easy to get to.