hiwhdgh

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??

rdt425

You definitely have a good shot. Your writing score is a little below average for Kenyon, so make sure you work hard on the essay. If you are not able to visit, see if an admissions director is coming to your school or if you could get an alumni interview.

Do you know what you would want to major in? Also, will you need financial aid? International applicants sometimes have a better chance if they don't need any aid.

I am not sure if there is a chess club on campus. I definitely know there are many students who play. You could always start one if you wanted.

hiwhdgh

Thanks Rdt, Kenyon Is definitely in my RD list. Great school that I haven't known until I read the "Colby vs Hamilton" thread.

collegefreshie

Just a brief warning: Kenyon is a highly-focused writing school and some of the international students have problems adjusting to the high-level paper writing.

Your scores are a bit low. Make sure you have killer essays.

foolsgold

Kenyon is a writing school that is always exited to get kids who stand out as math/science phenoms. The level of writing really isn't any higher at Kenyon than a comparable liberal arts college, but a lot of English majors couldn't do simple math in their head if their mother's life depended on it. Seriously, throw down in the classes you're good at, and the stuff that's a bit more of struggle will work itself out if you put in the time.

OHKID

My stats are extremely similar to yours, except for your EC's seem better and my SAT writing is a 750. For both of us, I wish us the best of luck