<p>How important is the preliminary application for international students? Is it only for weeding out applicants who are clearly not eligible to apply to Kenyon (for whatever reason), or is it evaluated carefully like normal applications?</p>
<p>In my opinion, there are 2 important points: 1. Your SAT/TOEFL scores, and 2. your ability to pay the college expenses. They also judge if your HS education is appropriate for entering the college level but I suppose you have no problem here. At this point, the other questions seem less important.</p>
<p>I think the preliminary application is just for Kenyon to set up a file for you... :-)</p>
<p>Nothing big about it!</p>
<p>ok thanks everyone for your responses!</p>
<p>well i submitted the application a few days ago, when will they notify me if I'm eligible to apply?</p>
<p>I am not too sure... but if I were you, I will just submit the remaining of the application. </p>
<p>In my case, I submitted my part I application pretty early -- in October. An email dated Oct 17 was sent to me and it goes like this:</p>
<p>"Your International Application Part I has been received. The information you provided suggests that you might be a good candidate for admission. Your academic interests are congruent with Kenyon's curriculum, your academic preparation is adequate, and you are able to meet a portion of your educational expenses.</p>
<p>To complete your application, please complete the Common Application and the Common Application Supplement. These forms are available on the Kenyon Web site <a href="http://www.kenyon.edu/intlapp.xml%5B/url%5D">http://www.kenyon.edu/intlapp.xml</a> both online and in downloadable format. We encourage you to use the online format if possible. The downloadable forms can be air mailed to Kenyon or faxed (740-427-5770.)</p>
<p>Standardized tests (SAT I, ACT, TOEFL, or GRE) are required. If you are interested in more information about required standardized testing, please go to <a href="http://www.kenyon.edu/x1991.xml%5B/url%5D">http://www.kenyon.edu/x1991.xml</a>.</p>
<p>If you have any questions about Kenyon or the application process, feel free to contact us <a href="mailto:admissions@kenyon.edu">admissions@kenyon.edu</a> or visit our Web site <a href="http://www.kenyon.edu/">http://www.kenyon.edu/</a>."</p>
<p>Hope this helps and all the best! =)</p>
<p>I wanna ask a very urgent question: On CommonApp they say Kenyon's deadline for RD is 1/15, but in the school's website, it says 1/1 (for inte'l) and 15/1 (for RD). I'm very confused. Could anyone clarify this for me? Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>1/1 is the deadline for the preliminary application for international students, and 1/15 - for the rest of the paperwork - common application and Kenyon supplement.</p>
<p>Thanks a bunch, mjmom!!!</p>
<p>So is the Jan 15 deadline a postmark deadline?</p>
<p>bump.......</p>