http://talk.collegeconfidential.com en Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:16:03 GMT vBulletin 30 http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/images/misc/rss.jpg http://talk.collegeconfidential.com http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/kenyon-college/807193-kenyon-supplement.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:16:52 GMT For the Kenyon Supplement, what's the word limit for the 'partnership with others' essay? Is it not specified? Can it be about 300? ]]> Kenyon College sushmita-287946 http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/kenyon-college/807193-kenyon-supplement.html http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/kenyon-college/803615-chance-kenyon-2014-other-questions-foreign-student-plz-help.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:21:49 GMT Hi guys, I am jeremy, a high school senior currently studying in Bangkok. I will graduate this year and expect to go to US for undergraduate studies in Fall 2010.

Anyway my focus is on LACs because from various sources as well as my personal judgement, I feel that I am much more suited for liberal arts colleges than big Universities. And of course another factor is that my family won't be able to support me financially very much so I need substantial financial assistance. It seems more realistic to ask for financial aid from colleges rather than Uni especially in view of the financial crisis.

So because of that I have eliminated many choices, big name unis like California-Berkeley, U of Michigan, UVa have all been eliminated from my list of colleges, although I think my grades can make it, simply because such state universities have very limited financial resources for foreign students.

Anyway I came across Kenyon College. And seriously I have done TONS of research on the school. I have read what you guys have posted here, as well as on other forums. So I do have a clear picture of Kenyon and the pros and cons of going there.

So I have applied Kenyon ED. Please chance me, thanks for your response.
TOEFL iBT: 115 (writing: 30) (P.S. Full Mark for TOEFL= 120)
SAT1: 2000 (CR 690 MA 770 WR 740)
SAT2: 1510
others: chairman of cultural society
Recommendation: supposedly good. 1 from couselor, 2 from teachers,and another 2 from external personnel.

So do I have a chance of being accepted to Kenyon? I know Kenyon meets 100% of a student's financial needs if he is admitted.

Some other questions:
1) Is Kenyon considered a very premier and prestigious institution in the US? (it seems so, just want to double check)

2) I aim to go to Law school after Kenyon, does a Kenyon degree give me much advantage, or does it seem inferior compared to big name universities?
I heard that it is EXTREMELY tough to apply to top Law schools in the US, like Yale, NYU,Berkeley ,Columbia and Harvard. Is that true? But I don't think going to a mediocre state Uni law school, eg Ohio State U (sorry no offence) helps much... Is GPA the most important requirement for a Law school applicant?
In general, How well do Kenyon graduates do in terms of applying to TOP graduate and especially Law schools?

3) Is it possible to graduate from Kenyon in 3 years? Admissions officer told me very few students graduate in 3.5 years while most graduate in 4 years. But according to my understanding for the US system as long as you work really hard and get enough credits you can graduate early. Isn't that so? My senior graduates double major from Yale in 3 years....

I currently do not have any APs. So since AP credits can be transferred, would it help if I take AP next year and transfer my credits to Kenyon so that it can shorten my length of study and graduate early? Is that worthwhile though?

4) I was initially daunted by Kenyon's sheer geographical isolation, but it seems that the sense of community is really strong there and people really reach out to each other. That's terrific.. But Is that a fair portrayal?

5) Does anyone know how 's the international students scene at Kenyon? It is a really small college and international students form less than 5% of the total population. So does it mean that Kenyon lacks of internationalism and diversity?

6) Study-abroad is a must. I know Kenyon has many programs. Can you go abroad to study more than once, or can you go abroad as early as a sophomore? (Most cater to juniors only I guess?)

7) How's the LGBT scene in Kenyon? Given it is a really small and isolated college, there may not be an active LGBT community? Also, given the fact that it is really isolated, are students politically engaged, or are they apathetic about current affairs?


That's all.Thank you guys for enlightening me... ]]> Kenyon College jeremy2014-308907 http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/kenyon-college/803615-chance-kenyon-2014-other-questions-foreign-student-plz-help.html http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/kenyon-college/798766-my-chances-please.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:44:39 GMT Nationality: South Korea

Currnet living: New Zealand

GPA: 3.65/4.0(UW) Top 20% from a nationally competitive school

SATI: 09 May CR:650 M:800 WR:600 (I've done October one. I did well in Reading but not well in writing )

SATII: Math 2c:660 US His:650 Chemistry:650

EC: Chess Club Vice President(07,08,09), Auckland Competition 2nd(07,08,09)

World Vision co-leader(06,07,08,09)

Orchestra 1st Base Clarinetist, Auckland Competion Gold Award(08)

Concert Band 1st Base Clarinetist, Auckland Competition Bronze, Gold and Silver Award(07,08,09)

Economic Society co-leader(09)

Korean Culture Group co-leader(08,09)+ Performing traditional Korean Music in 'Cultural night'

Volunteering(Translating letters sent by African or South Asian orphans to Korean donators) + 20hrs in local sanitarium
Tennis vice captain(08)

Debating Team(06)

I accidently read about Kenyon College in a "Colby College" thread and I really liked it!!!
Is there a chess club in Kenyon?? ]]> Kenyon College hiwhdgh-303490 http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/kenyon-college/798766-my-chances-please.html http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/kenyon-college/795843-cultural-connections.html Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:53:04 GMT Anybody else planning on going? Anybody else planning on going? ]]> Kenyon College rajincajunfire-211512 http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/kenyon-college/795843-cultural-connections.html http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/kenyon-college/795083-chances-kenyon.html Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:22:54 GMT I'd like to do English at Kenyon, but I know it has one of the best English programs out there and I'm not really sure what my chances are...

3.77 ish GPA, unweighted
My school refuses to weight GPAs, or to put them on a 4 point scale (my transcript says 94.37, not 3.7)
They also don't give us a class rank, so I can't really provide that info. It's a pretty small prep school in Virginia. Most of our classes are pretty rigorous (even the non-APs), definitely more so than at the public schools in the area. We don't have much of a reputation to out of state schools though - especially not those outside of Virginia. A pretty high percentage of people who graduate my school end up at UVA or Virginia Tech.

My SATs are kinda low:
math - 640 (just retook them, hopefully this went up considerably)
c.r - 740
writing - 690 (i'm hoping this went up some too - i'm a fairly good writer, I would say, so I'm not sure why it was so low in the first place)
National Merit Commended Student (commeded scholar? can't remember the official title)

AP US History-5
AP English Lang-4
AP Spanish-5
AP World History-3 (sophmore year)
(AP Scholar with Honors)

Freshman and sophmore years I was in honors math classes, junior year I took precalc and now I'm taking AP Calc (and struggling a lot - I'm an english person)

This year I'm taking:
AP Bio, AP Gov, AP Calc, AP Lit, and Spanish lit (this will my 6th year of Spanish)


ECs
band - all four years - i play the sax
spanish club - all four years - copresident this year
model UN - junior and senior year - president this year
national honor society - 10 - 12 (junior national honor society in 9th grade)
varsity field hockey - all 4 years
varsity lacrosse -all 4 years
I've volunteered with my area rec center and coached 10 - 12 year olds in volleyball (fall and spring) 9th, 10th and 11th grade
and I also volunteered at a children's hospice this summer
This isn't an E.C, but I also recieved a Scholarship Award from my school (Brian Slattery McCann Memorial Scholarship award, if the name is at all important)

hm I'm not sure if this actually matters at all, I have a feeling it does not, but it's on the common app so i thought i'd throw it on here: i also have a dual citizenship with canada.

any help is appreciated...is there any hope for me with my mediocre SATs?
thanks! ]]> Kenyon College KVA420-304181 http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/kenyon-college/795083-chances-kenyon.html