English Major at Haverford

newengland8
Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:07:33 +0000

Faline - Yes, I have many cousins in Kentucky who would never dream of applying to a LAC in the northeast. One cousin, however, has decided that this would be an appealing option. She is a very good student. If she decides to apply to these colleges her chances of being accepted are great due to the desire for geographical distribution among colleges. Those of us who are in the very competitive high schools in the northeast understand the value of a great liberal arts college, but are competing with each other for the limited spots alloted by them for kids from new england. I envy my cousin and if Hokie County is considered an underrepresented area, I envy students from there as well. My high school (and many other area high schools) have an unhealthy workload and stressful environment for those of us desiring to get into “great” schools. We have enormous amounts of work to do (a recent grad told me that Wesleyan was 17 times easier than our high school) and then get waitlisted at these schools because there are too many of us. A double-edged sword, in my opinion.