<p>Hey! I just saw your post, will do my best to answer your questions:</p>
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<li>This is the only question I am unsure of, but, to the best of my knowledge, applying ED will not affect your chances of getting a good financial aid package. I do not know at all about the estimates after you are accepted ED, though that information may be somewhere on their website. </li>
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<li><p>The art history program, as I understand it, is pretty good, but in a stage of transition as they build two new art buildings. I know construction begins on these buildings pretty soon, and the result after they are finished might be that they attract a lot of new professors. My first advisor at school was an art history professor, and he couldn’t have been more helpful, as well as passionate about his subject, and a dedicated scholar to it.</p></li>
<li><p>It seems as though living in Southern Cal might help, though I cannot say for sure. What I do know is that there has been a pretty steady stream of students from your area. This, actually, can mean two things: the admissions board knows your area, and they like recruiting there. It also means that you have increased competition in a small area, making it a little bit more difficult. </p></li>
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<p>I believe there is some data on the Kenyon website that lists where the student body hails from as far as geographic areas (northeast, mid-atlantic, etc), but i am not having any luck finding it! they just changed the website this summer, and i haven’t used it too much.</p>
<p>best of luck!</p>