<p>Anyone else sitting by the mailbox? </p>
<p>Maybe not. 
But in this house we were happy to see the online information updated tonight. Presidential Scholarship! Yay! </p>
<p>Admitted with annual $23000 presidential scholarship!</p>
<p>Chiming in with another Presidential Scholarship for my D! She’s so happy.</p>
<p>Another Presidential Scholarship for D. What a relief to finally get that first acceptance!</p>
<p>My best advice forever after will be applying early/rolling to likely school just to get that first yes! Even when the odds are favorable, it’s such a long road. </p>
<p>Presidential scholarship for my D . She’s very excited! @1518mom, I think our kids are applying to a lot of the same schools.</p>
<p>@KAMmom, Lawrence University? Kalamazoo? Puget Sound?</p>
<p>Nope, so maybe just Knox & Beloit. I remembered seeing you on the Knox site.</p>
<p>Hi my D was also just admitted with the Presidential scholarship. This is the only Midwestern school she applied to - the others are mostly in the South - Centre, Sewanee, Hendrix, Southwestern, etc. </p>
<p>For those that have visited, would you kindly share your impressions? Seems like a great place. </p>
<p>Add my son to list of those admitted with Presidential scholarships. Trying to decide if we are going to fly out in Feb. for a visit. I would also like to hear others impressions?</p>
<p>Hi Mom24boys. We are going to wait to hear from other schools, then likely attend the March or April open house events. Congrats to your son! </p>
<p>My daughter and I visited back in March, approximately forever ago. We both liked it. </p>
<p>Have you seen the Beloit video (on youtube) SUPER Secret Revealed? If that charms you, I’d say that’s a pretty fair barometer of potential fit, personality/campus atmosphere-wise. I don’t know that it’s as quirky as its reputation, but there is a little something there that people either like, or don’t. </p>
<p>The campus itself seems fairly typical-- maybe a little worn around some edges, but sufficient and comfortable with a couple of newer touches. The staff we met were friendly and approachable, and I do believe it really is a “first name” campus from admin on down. It was a Saturday morning, so we didn’t meet many kids, but those we did made a good impression. Engaged, personable. </p>
<p>I would be surprised if my daughter ends up there, but I’d have no objections if she did. </p>
<p>Did you have specific questions? </p>
<p>@AllisonMP, well the video charmed my 10 yr twins and husband, the only comment from the prospective student was its “platypi not platypuses”.</p>
<p>Have you visited College of Wooster and how would you compare the two? So far he has been admitted to both with the same merit (making Beloit just a touch less). He really liked Wooster when we visited, but are still waiting for so many more schools.</p>
<p>@AllisonMP and @Mom24boys where else did your kids apply? My D just decided to apply to Grinnell and Denison, in addition to the many Southern/Western schools she already has on her list. We are in CO and she’s worried about snow with no skiing opportunities! ;)</p>
<p>After seeing the video, not so sure about the Beloit quirky factor. D is a little bit nerdy at heart, but right now acting like she is all that and super cool. Sigh. Who knows what person she will be in a couple more months! </p>
<p>@4kids4colleges DS’s mantra has been cold weather LACs, so besides 2 in-state safeties he has applied to St. Lawrence, Hamilton, Haverford, Dickinson, Muhlenberg, Grinnell, Macalester and ofcourse Wooster and Beloit.</p>
<p>It should be an interesting spring. Visited Denison with older son and thought campus was grreat. He went the engineering route so didn’t apply. DS2 thought it was too greek, ofcourse that didn’t knock Hamilton off his list, so I guess fit is also part gut check.</p>
<p>@Mom24boys - Oh I vote for Haverford! I went to Bryn Mawr and lived my Jr yr at the Ford. It is amazing. Really special. Fantastic school! I tried to get D to apply to Bryn Mawr but no go. And Haverford offers zero merit, so not for us. </p>
<p>St. Lawrence is a great school, excellent merit I think. Waaaay up north of course! </p>
<p>Glad to hear your favorable impressions of Denison. We have a friend who went there back in the 80s when it was totally preppy. I wonder how much it has changed? </p>
<p>Did you visit Grinnell? I remembered liking that school (from afar) way back when I was applying! Good luck!</p>
<p>@mom24boys @4kids4colleges --</p>
<p>My D applied to Beloit, Lawrence (admitted EA with similar merit to Beloit), Grinnell, Vassar and intends to click submit on Macalester, Smith, Simmons, and Bryn Mawr (though supplements still unfinished). We live in the St. Louis area, so she also applied to MO’s public liberal arts, Truman State, as her ultimate financial safety. </p>
<p>FWIW,we have visited Grinnell, which struck us both as similar to Beloit, but smarter. It’s down on her list because the town of Grinnell has even less to offer than Beloit (which she ranks below Lawrence) and feels more isolated even though it’s not any farther from Des Moines or Iowa City (fantastic college town, where she was born) than Beloit is from Madison. I just don’t think kids leave town too much. I’m also not sure the meager town offerings would matter much day to day, especially at Grinnell, where they brings lots of stuff in. (Grinnell’s campus is nicer than Beloit’s, too; they do well with their enormous endowment). </p>
<p>We attempted to visit Grinnell, but could not get past the airport due to a snow storm. I wanted to take it off the list, but son said he would be fine being stuck at school and wouldn’t miss his family too much (thanks).</p>
<p>I really think he would love Bryn Mawr, but obviously not in the cards for a boy.</p>
<p>@4kids4colleges I would vote for Haverford also except 1st he has to get in and second we have to find some way to pay for it. He knows the reach schools are not very likely, but not 100% off the table so we allowed him to apply.</p>
<p>Don’t give up on Grinnell (or any other rural LAC) just because it’s rural. One of the advantages of a school that doesn’t offer a lot of off-campus action is that everyone is engaged in the community on campus, including the faculty who live in the area and attend or participate in many of the college activities. It means nearly all the students live on campus, work and play on campus. Differences in economic background are also less pronounced at these schools than at some of the more urban schools, where wealthy kids are living upscale lives (nice apartments, fancy restaurants, shopping trips) and the rest are counting their nickels. </p>
<p>With the constant arrival of a new class of freshman each year, the high percent of students who study abroad in 3rd year, and the wealth of activities that most schools bring to campus, rural schools like Grinnell can be a great place for an undergraduate.</p>