<p>Baldridge Reading and Study Strategies Program????:confused:</p>
<p>What is that? I hadnt even heard about it!!!</p>
<p>We just got it yesterday so it will probably take quite a while to show up for you. It is a reading speed/comprehension and study skills program provided by an independent company through the college. It costs an extra $145, runs once a day for 2 weeks starting mid-September. You can register for it during orientation or in advance.</p>
<p>My roommate and her friends freshman year all enrolled in Baldridge, and most of them seemed to get nothing out of it. It just added one more thing to think about the first week of classes when one is getting settled.</p>
<p>Unless the student WANTS to do it (I think these kids parents signed them up), I don't think that it will be beneficial. I have not taken the class, but I asked the roommate and she agreed with me.</p>
<p>It seems that if you get into a school like Kenyon, you most likely have your study skills under control...</p>
<p>I don't know anyone who has participated in this program, and wouldn't recommend spending money on something you can learn from general experience.</p>
<p>Studying for high school classes and college classes is VERY different, in my opinion, and Baldridge may be beneficial if the student believes that the change will be difficult (if only to give the student peace of mind). Most students probably won't find the change difficult, but since intensities of secondary schools are so varied (my roommate sophomore year went to a high school where there were no grades, final exams, and her senior year she took Algebra 2, a very different experience from my own at a prep boarding school), some might want to consider Baldridge.</p>
<p>How would you descrive studying for college classes? What is the usual workload and do u spend a lot of time in classes?</p>
<p>The one thing that I thought it might be useful for was reading speed. Though D went to a competitive HS and took a full honors/AP load the rate and quantity of reading at college is still going to be step up.</p>
<p>On the other hand, there is more free time to spend on reading, as students are not sitting in class for 7 hours each day, as in high school.</p>
<p>Every student is going to find the way of studying that works for him/her.</p>
<p>I've always been good at remembering lectures and discussions especially well, so I don't "study" my notes unless I have a test in the next week or two. I took all my classes MWF, and I spent Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday doing my "homework" (Saturdays because I'm an athlete and do work during travel and down time). Friday night and Saturday night I don't study (PARTYTIME). Sunday I use to relax, but when I have a big project or exam coming up, I work on Sundays. I consider myself very organized, and hardly any of my friends study in this fashion. I find that I have a lot more free time than my friends.</p>
<p>Some people cram the night before a test/assignment is due, one of my friends' "home" was Gund Commons as it is the only place that is really open 24/hours, and it has a loyal following.</p>
<p>KC: What schools did you choose Kenyon over?</p>
<p>I applied ED1, so I didn't apply to other schools, but I looked at Middlebury, Hamilton, Emerson, Wheaton (MA), Connecticut College, Dickinson, Skidmore, Macalester...</p>
<p>I don't want to be stereotypic, and I absolutely don't want to pass up a good school because of a stereotype I heard, so here goes: I have heard that Kenyon's student body is, as my sister puts it, a "granola" school. I don't want to write off schools like that, but I am also not interested in going to a school where a lot of people smoke pot, wear dreads, etc. KC, what is your experience in this?</p>
<p>Also, I want to take my horse to college with me, and have been told that Kenyon has a riding club/team. Would that be possible, and what have you heard about the equestrian group?</p>
<p>Is the biochem program very strong?</p>
<p>I wouldnt call kenyon "granola." The campus is pretty laid back (Kamp Kenyon) but the majority of students dont have dreadlocks and sit in drum circles to smoke pot. I had a kid in one of my classes who every day without fail would show up in slacks and penny loafers. Most kenyon kids fall in between those extremes. If anything I would say we lean more towards the preppy, pop your collar type.</p>
<p>I know Kenyon equestrian team has a few good riders and i believe that they allow you to keep your horse in the stables near campus ( probably for a fee though). One of the psychology professors owns a few horses and is very involved with the equestrian club.</p>
<p>Carlshake...awesome! Thank you...riding in college is verrrry important to me:)</p>
<p>Hey guys, I just wanted to let you all know that I will be out of town for about three weeks... I might have limited email access, but I'll probably be scarce here. I'm sure the other Kenyon students will take care of y'all!</p>
<p>I think we will be asked to make an optional bookstore deposit sometime very soon....</p>
<p>As it is something optional, I plan not to make this bookstore deposit. How will this affect my access to the required coursebooks during the academic year? Will I still be able to purchase books from the kenyon bookstore? I think buying used books online will come to be lot more cheaper,so is this generally done by the students who dont make the deposit? How do students acquire their coursebooks if they don't make this optional deposit? Other than bookstore from where else can we buy our text books?</p>
<p>Kc_lady, Carlshake, HinJew, MolBioAce06....anyone???</p>
<p>I would assume you can still buy from the bookstore without making a deposit. It is likely just a convenience for parents who want to put a certain amount of money in an account in the bookstore. Any person can go into the bookstore and buy books or anything else with cash, check, or credit card, I would imagine.</p>
<p>I use my credit card because I have to pay for my own books. I know other students buy their books online etc. However, there are some issues with shipping(not in time for class use), so be sure to pay for expedited delivery.</p>
<p>My first year I had the bookstore account, and since I bought all my books used online, I didn't "need" the account and wasted my parent's hard-earned money on food and Kenyon clothing. Sophomore year, I didn't have a bookstore account, and everything worked out fine as you can buy books (and anything else) at the bookstore with a student account, cash, check, credit card...</p>
<p>The Kenyon Bookstore and the Textbook department are two different things, as far as i know. You can have an account at one without having one at the other. If you are looking to save money or spend wisely then i would suggest not getting a book store account. My friends call bookstore money "monopoly money" and tend not excerise restraint. </p>
<p>As for getting the textbooks, the text department is the best bet. They have to have all the books needed but it usually doesnt come cheap because professor seem to love new editions. you only learn what books you need on the first day of class and unless you overnight the books, you could fall a little behind. At the beginning and end of each semester, students use the emails as a sort of market selling and buying used textbooks which can be a good source of cheap books.</p>