Interesting info on Earlham

Northstarmom
Mon, 22 Aug 2005 23:21:23 +0000

Check out this welcoming speech to new freshmen by the dean of admissions. A whole list of great info about the freshmen class:

"You number 366 students most of whom are just beginning your college careers, while others—24 of you—have transferred to Earlham from other institutions of higher education. Sixteen of you from Japan and the Czech Republic are “visiting” with us for just this year. Fourteen of you took a “gap” year and share a myriad of experiences since graduating from high school in 2004.

You come from 43 states and 29 foreign countries and represent 274 different high schools. Seven of you are home schooled. At least 56 of you have homes outside of the United States–coming to Earlham from Viet Nam, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia, Swaziland, Sudan, the Maldives, India, Egypt, Canada, Palestine, Thailand, Curacao, Israel, Jamaica, the Philippines, Turkey, the Czech Republic, Japan, Russia, Barbados, Ecuador, Kenya, Senegal, Bolivia, Fiji, Lesotho, Sri Lanka, and Venezuela.

The states represented by the greatest number of new students are California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Indiana, Maryland, New York, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Ten of you are the only representative from your state in the new class. We offer a special welcome to those students from Arkansas, Utah, Louisiana, Hawaii, Delaware, Oklahoma, Nevada, Nebraska, Tennessee, and North Dakota…"