Reply to What are your favorite CTCLs (and similar) and why?

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "What are your favorite CTCLs (and similar) and why?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We also liked Wooster. [/quote]

Anyone know why Wooster's graduation rate is so low? It is consistently below 75%. Most second-tier SLACs that attract similarly qualified students (e.g., Sewanee, Furman, Rhodes, Centre) hover around 80%. Are kids leaving because they don't like the campus or the culture, or is the school not doing enough to support kids who might be struggling (which I thought was the entire draw of a CTCL school)?[/quote]

I would guess that it is because of the nature of the independent study project.  As I understand from our investigation of the school, the entire academic experience is oriented around preparing students for and supporting them through the IS. It's a pretty unique experience and I can definitely see a student getting there and finding out research at that level really isn't their thing. You can't just opt out of it. My DD is interested because research is her thing and they have great outcomes for PhDs[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics