<p>My D looked at Knox because of HS councelor recomendations. We were never swamped with any mail but D developed nice tight relationship with college adcom people. interesting that on drop off day when we arrived to get keys to the dorm, almost everyone who met us mentioned our D- secretary remembered her overnight visit, admission officer mentioned some parts of her essays, another teacher raved about her portfolio- we felt like coming home instead of freshman arrival.
She is freshman at Knox and loves it. As per her freshman view- people are nice, open and friendly. People are from all over and very few leave for weekend.
D characterized her physics teacher- he really loves to teach and wants us to know physics. Coming from her, hating this subject and having hard time with it at HS is a huge compliment. She is planning to take music and/or voice lessons next trimester and knowing her it says so much to me- she NEVER sings...or had any desire to play musical instrument...
I think Knox dealt with dorm situation very admirably. Per president Roger Taylor, who is very friendly, doors open for anyone policy, Knox is not planning to grow any more and was not planning to increase their students numbers. They were delighted but somewhat did not expect such large yield from last year applicants. They utilized every resources and per my D, everybody had room. They had to do some rearrangements for this semester and some of her freshman friends moved into college appartments for reminder of the year.
All those buidlings are still very close to each other so it did not change much.
Still, Knox is not for everyone. I greatly recommend visiting such LAC like Knox, Beloit, Lawrence, Lake Forest etc. Not only you will learn about colleges but you will learn about yourself...</p>