I’m going to chime in here quickly. My son is a current student at Wooster and we (parents) have been so impressed by his experience so far. DS is quiet, and I was worried about how he’d do socially, but he had no trouble finding a great group of people to hang out with. From what I can gather, his group seems studious but fun. His professors have been great, we’ve never had any problems dealing with administrative offices, etc. As the OP alluded to, DS did not get an internship after freshman year. However, he did participate in the AMRE program the summer after sophomore year, and he had a really good internship experience in the program. He is currently studying abroad, and that is also going very smoothly. In short, we couldn’t be happier with his college choice. It’s been great so far.
Just a brief anecdote. DS got quite sick last January and passed out in the bathroom, hitting his head. He managed to get back to his room, but felt pretty terrible so he called campus security. Campus security brought him to the wellness center, where the nurse checked him over but sent him to the local hospital for some tests to be sure. Campus security drove him to and from the hospital ER. Wellness called the next day to check on him, and a college caseworker also reached out to check on him, make sure that all was well and offered to contact professors on his behalf if necessary. From awful start to finish the Wooster staff (and local hospital, by the way) were absolutely wonderful. I felt like DS was in really good hands and that he was very cared for as a young adult experiencing something quite scary on his own for the first time.