University of Chicago
Visited April 13, 2013. This is an amazing university. It is not close to downtown Chicago. We took a cab since I had gotten terribly lost the day before on the train. It is located 7 miles south of Chicago in Hyde Park. In 1890 John D. Rockefeller started the University of Chicago. He wanted […]
Loyola Chicago
Visited April 12, 2013. Student population of Loyola Chicago is 65% Catholic, with 6,000 undergraduates. Unbelievable new construction on campus. There is a beautiful student center. The library is amazing, looking out over the lake. Campus is divided into two sections — North campus is residential and South campus is the academic area. This school […]
Northwestern University
Visited on April 10, 2013. Admission information: 45% are taken from ED pool. The applicants need to take two subject tests. They do not recalculate gap. They always look at highest test score. Can send an additional rec. Northwestern supplemental essay is extremely important. Show motivation and why student is a good fit for Northwestern. […]
Lawrence University
Visited April 9, 2013. This was one of the campus visits on the Cows tour. Appleton, Wisconsin is a pretty town, and the campus is beautiful! Mary Beth Petrie is the new head of admissions. Their slogan is “The Power of Individualized Thinking.” Admissions: Lawrence takes 12 Posse students a year. 22% of their students […]
Ripon
Visited April 8, 2013. Part of Cows tour. Ripon is a college that is known for its lack of pretension. The new president is very impressive; he went to Bowdoin, Johns Hopkins and NYU. Admissions information: 30% are from Wisconsin. Many students are first generation college students. The admissions head graduated in 2002 from Lehigh. […]
Beloit College
Visited April 7, 2013. This was the first college on the Cows tour. Beloit is right on the Illinois border and is 75 miles from O’Hare. There is a bus going from Chicago to Beloit and Madison 12 times a day. The college is two years older than the state. Food processing is the largest […]