Did anyone apply for Fall '07?

lindalana
Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:37:13 +0000

Billybobbyk, I think reputation is such relative term that is very hard to answer. While living all out life in IL we never heard about this college before school councelor suggested it, but we never heard about any of the schools mentioned by HS councelor, and it was about 5-6 of them, all of very good quality. When you live in any state, schools that get mentioned are either state flagships or those that have big sports teams or those you actullay live nearby. Once we started doing our research on LAC we found out that Knox is very well known as among colleges, graduate schools and people in the know. Harvard president mentioned Knox college in his speeches- does it make any difference? Knox is in most of guide books for prospective students. If you looking for graduate school reports- you can be sure- they will know Knox and its academics. If you live out of IL and will return back after graduating I would doubt many of your employers will know Knox.
About weekends- some weekends have 'nothing special going on" as per my D which means that there are no organized concerts or activities done by the school. As I always told my D- school is what you make out of it and if there is not enough fun stuff happening this weekend- make your own. Needless to say she rarely comes home for the weekend, even that it is not hard to do.
About alcohol- I am sure every parent wants to say that their child is not into party/ drinking scene, it just shows how much we know about our own kids… My D stated that there are much less drinking at Knox that at other places she has been/ and she had lots of overnight visits/. I am sure Knox has its share of drinking. I found sometime in the beggining of school year on college chats one of the seniors talking to freshmans, mentioning episode of somebody’s heavy drinking . What impressed me that it was handled by the students and for the students, peer to peer - “come on , dude, keep your head level” approach. Once in the college you will have to make your own choices how to live your life. Knox is very good at giving you so much freedom- your head will get dizzy. What you will do with that freedom is up to you.