Why I WON'T Be Going to COW/Bad Experience

rose528
Thu, 27 Apr 2017 22:34:43 +0000

I thought I should say this because some people may benefit from my experience if they’re unsure about going to COW. I would like to start this by saying that if you go to school at COW or have committed, i’m really glad it worked out for you, personally, this is why I didn’t pick it. Originally, COW was my #1, I loved the IS program, and the small liberal arts college feel seemed like a perfect fit. I decided to visit to get a better feel for the campus. Once arriving (after two connecting flights from Cali) I was taken to the campus, and I realized that there really was no way to get around Ohio unless you took a car to school since there’s no mode of transportation through like train, bushounds only go out around 3 times a day at odd times, and Ubers/Taxi’s to Columbus or Cleaveland exceed 100$ just one way. Once arriving I was taken back by how big and pretty the campus seemed. I was introduced to my host, and then taken to a library since I had to wait for her to get off work at 8:30. One of her friends walked me over and he straight up told me, “If you have any other options don’t come here, the work is too much for the school’s ranking, and there’s nothing to do but drink on the weekends”. This scared me a bit, but I wanted to see how my experience would play out. I ended up waiting until 9 for my host, and while at the library I found out that I had missed all the activities for visiting students because no one had informed me of the schedule, I was also not given my food passes until very late, and I did not want to walk alone on campus in the dark since I didn’t know it, so I ended up skipping out on food. Once my host picked me up, she took me to her room, said she was tired and was going to take a shower and go to bed. A girl on the visitinh students trip said she’d take me to the last event since i’d missed out on everything. Once it ended, she led me back to the dorms and left. I walked in to the open room, and my host was asleep so I went to bed as well. When I woke up she was gone for work and she only texted me saying where I needed to be, and to ask her if she had any questions. I ended up having to run around the campus, lugging my suitcase around looking for the building where everyone was meeting since I was never given a map, or any guidance as far as to the event. I ended up arriving late, was unable to sign up for most of the things I wanted to do since no one helped me and as stated before, I arrived late since no one helped me. I thought since I was alone, and it was obvious, the administrators or the students woulr try to talk to me and be friendly, but that was not the case, I tried initiating conversations but those fizzled out too. The class I did attend however was very interesting, but the students didn’t seem very engaged. In the end, I regretted the visit because it was not welcoming compared to other college visit days i’d attended. If you live somewhere that’s very urban, the ruralness of COW may not be the best fit. I will now be attending a small liberal arts college in California. I wish you all good luck on your college decisions.