<p>Has anyone else here applied EA to Eashington College? My D received her first college acceptance this morning from Washington College, along with a letter indicating that she has been awarded a Washington Scholars scholarship for $13,500 for 4 years. Needless to say she is pretty happy right now. Although, based on her academic record, she felt certain of gaining admission, it still feels great when that first acceptance arrives. It also helps that, although Washington College is a safety, she loved her visits to the school and the students she spent time with there.</p>
<p>I just got in with a $15,000 scholarship for 4 years- so I'm pretty damn happy about that</p>
<p>not sure how high it'll be on my list though</p>
<p>Congratualtions Mirabeau. My daughter's #1 changes almost weekly so who knows where things will be come April 1. We are just happy that the six schools she has applied to are all ones she feels comfortable at and are all schools that offer her the academic options she needs.</p>
<p>I just found out I got accepted to Washington College by checking my admission status online! Ugh, I already have hard choices. Hopefully, the actual letter and materials will come in soon! Congrats hudsonvalley51 and mirabeau!</p>
<p>Congratulations lasercat. I see you posted a trip visit to Kenyon, which is another school my daughter applied to. She also sent applications in to William & Mary, Lafayette College, Wesleyan University and Ohio Wesleyan University. I think that is it. Where else did you/will you apply?</p>
<p>hudsonvalley51, i cannot say enough amazing attributes kenyon possesses. the place is absolutely gorgeous. middle path is my computer background. if you have not visited, i would suggest it. however, the 600 person town (i would not even call it a town) was a little off-putting for me. i live ten minutes via a ferry boat from NYC. i like quaint, but not desolete. you really feel you are trapped in the midst of cornfields when at kenyon. </p>
<p>anyway, i applied to ten schools. i applied to washington last minute- it was the final application i filled out. i applied to:</p>
<p>-knox college in galesburg, illinois- accepted (14,000 scholarship)
-allegheny college in meadville, pa - accepted (trustee scholarship)
-the richard stockton college of new jersey - accepted
-ursinus college in collegeville, pa - accepted
-bard college in annadale-on-hudson, ny (ea)
-drew university in madison, new jersey (#1 so far)
-ramapo college of new jersey - mahwah, nj
-the college of wooster- wooster, oh
-elizabethtown college - elizabethtown, pa </p>
<p>my list is a wide spectrum of different personas that radiates through each school. i hope all is well!</p>
<p>Hey...I know this is a bit of an old topic but I thought I'd reply anyway. I'm a current student at WAC (Washington College). I'm a sophomore and just finished my first semester here (I transferred from a CC). If you guys have any questions about the school or the surrounding area, let me know.</p>
<p>hey WAC-Kid! I have yet to visit Washington, but I will find some time to. anyway, how do you feel about the surrounding area? I read on another college forum that the closest k-mart was apparently 45 minutes away! i live down a hill from a target, a home depot, and a lowes. lmao. how do you like your classes? i know washington has an amazing english department which led me to apply. i hope all is well!</p>
<p>Lasercat,</p>
<p>The surrounding area has its strengths and weaknesses. Chestertown is a nice little town set on the Chester River but there isn't much entertainment offered that college kids would enjoy. There is a 5 screen movie theater, a bowling alley, and a "dance club" that's only frequented by the local high school kids. The town does offer some cultural type events, such as Downrigging Weekend, but I've never attended any of them and I don't know anyone else who has. </p>
<p>The town has the stores and restaurants you need to get by but there aren't any major chains. The only food chains are fast food (Arby's, McDonalds, Tabo Bell, and KFC) and the only store chains are Peebles and Roses (I'd never heard of them until I arrived in Chestertown). Roses is like a cheap Kmart and Peebles is kind of like Kohl's. There are good "mom-and-pop" restaurants though - Reilley's, O'Connors, Proc's Pizza.</p>
<p>I'll be honest, sometimes I am dissatisfied with the really small, rural feel of Ctown. The reason I came onto these forums is to research some other schools to see if they would be a better fit for me. I come from an area, probably like yours, with every major chain restaurant and store within a 5 minute drive. It's been a huge change for me and sometimes I wonder if I'll be happy here for another 2.5 years. For my friends and me, there isn't much to do except drink/go out to the parties. You definitely don't have to drink to go to the parties though. I also know plenty of people who find other things to do that don't involve drinking but have a great time. It's just that those things don't necessarily appeal to me.</p>
<p>However, one thing that I cannot complain about at WAC is the classroom experience. I originally wanted to go to a very large school (Carolina, Virginia Tech, UVA, Pitt) and then decided that maybe I wanted to have a closer relationship with my professors and be more involved. In that regard, WAC has been everything that I expected and wanted in a small school. My biggest class had 50 people in it and that was the General Psych class, which is usually one of the largest classes on any campus. My other classes had 13, 18, and 23. All of my professors knew my name within the first few weeks and I felt like they knew me and my work well enough to be able to write a grad school letter of recommendation. This was only after one semester. All of the professors are very knowledgable in their field and are more than willing to help students.</p>
<p>Sorry this turned into an essay but all of these things had been on my mind...haha.</p>
<p>WAC-Kid -- The lack of the suburban strip-mall clutter was one of the things that my daughter found really appealing about Washington College. That and the historic ambience of Chestertown itself, the surrounding countryside and water. She felt that Chestertown was no more "isolated" than Williamstown, MA (Williams College), Hanover, NH (Dartmouth) and Clinton, NY (Hamilton) -- and that it was a heck of a lot warmer. Don't get me wrong -- my daughter likes cities and makes multiple trips to NYC and Boston each year from our Upstate NY home. The availability of a weekend shuttle from Washington College to Annapolis and the New Carrollton Metro/MARC station is something she would definitely want to take advantage of. Is this service widely used by WAC students on weekends? I was also wondering if there is a similar service to the Christiana Mall in Delaware and the Wilmington AMTRAK station.</p>
<p>I don't know of anyone who has used the shuttle to Annapolis but everyone, including me, has made multiple trips there. Freshmen can have cars on campus and many do. I would go crazy if I didn't have mine.</p>
<p>I forgot to mention in my earlier post that there is an outlet center 20 minutes from campus in Queenstown. It has all of the major stores such as Polo, Brooks Bros., Gap, Old Navy, etc. They are really nice and my friends and I have made many trips there. The Annapolis mall is only about 45 minutes away and it's a great mall. There are big department stores (Macy's, Nordstrom, some more) and all of the smaller stores that college kids like. Also, there are some chain restaurants; Red Robin being one.</p>
<p>Being on the water is also a really big asset to the college. We have really competitive sailing and rowing teams (I'm on the rowing team). It's really easy to get involved with rowing and it's one of the big reasons that I'm still at WAC. Also, the students can take a swim test at the pool and then they are allowed to use the school's kayaks and boats down at the boathouse (a short run/walk away).</p>
<p>And Lasercat - I just saw your list of schools. Ursinus was my top choice but I wasn't accepted there. I really liked that it wasn't located in a city but it was a short drive from King of Prussia and all of the other commercial places. If I had been accepted, I probably would have gone there instead of WAC. Also, I'm about 40 minutes from Etown and know kids that have gone there.</p>
<p>hey WAC-Kid! I really feel like I know so much more about Washington- thanks for your insight. I still have to visit Ursinus as well. I have a lot of places to visit. The one place I did visit, that I felt was truly my number one, Drew University, deferred me... on Christmas Eve. Haha, but everything is okay now. Washington College and Ursinus both seem like very strong liberal arts schools. I like that Washington is a pretty simple ride for me from NJ and that the campus, from what I have seen in pictures, is very beautiful. I am glad Chestertown has a bowling alley and a movie theater... when I was at Kenyon this summer.... none of that. I think the movie theater was ten minutes away though but no one had a car nor did they offer any trips there. Anyway, thanks for the input. It really put Washington to a much better perspective. Hope all is well!</p>
<p>No problem. I hope my post didn't scare you away from WAC. It really is a great school and sometimes it doesn't get the credit it deserves. Some of its rivals often outshine it, like Gettysburg, Dickinson, Muhlenberg (pretty much everyone in WAC's Athletic Conference, the Centennial Athletic). However I feel that the academics are very similar to these other schools and it's a great choice for someone whose GPA or SAT scores may not qualify them for those top schools. There are endless opportunities for undergraduate research and helping teach the Intro classes of each major. My one TA this semester (they DO NOT teach the class though) ran a weekly review session and took attendance and things like that. This experience is invaluable to graduate school admissions and it's very easy to come by at WAC. It's the perfect school to be a big fish in a small pond.</p>