<p>Accepted to both EA with very good merit awards. I love the one class at a time concept and feel Cornell was a bit more close knit from the admissions, to the professors and students I've met. Knox has the trimester program which is also a great concept. Knox wasn't quite as close knit but it may just be a perception issue. </p>
<p>So if all things are equal money wise what things is anyone else looking at?</p>
<p>congratulations on your successes, Tiger. choice is a good thing, and it’s early yet, no? we’re not looking at Cornell C, but D and I find Knox’s self-created major interesting. She’s wanting neuroscience right now, which Knox offers, but might want to make it even more interdisciplinary. </p>
<p>we haven’t seen Knox yet, have you? what did you think of Galesburg? of the beauty of the college? of the dorms? sorry to have so many questions.</p>
<p>It is early. I still have 4 schools left to hear from 2 more EA and 2 RD. These 2 were high on list from beginning though.</p>
<p>Dorms were interesting 8 people share a huge living room style room. 4 rooms attached to this huge room with couches, tables tv, etc. nice to have opinions to leave room but still be in your own area. But they were old Cafeteria was not great and compared to Cornell really bad. Cornell just revamped their student center and the dining facility was amazing. Galesburg was scary to be honest. It’s clear you don’t leave campus at night. It’s a hard hit area and they have had some issues. Mount vernon was much safer to leave campus I felt. Campus sizes were about the same with many on campus options to keep you busy. </p>
<p>I would recommend looking at Cornell especially if grad school is in future as his is big draw for me. They have huge success placing grads in top schools. </p>
<p>I’m waiting on Lawrence and Wooster also very good. Both EA and have Rd in at Grinnell and Gettysburg. </p>
<p>I’m planning on majoring in a History and maybe a double major in Creative Writing or English…</p>
<p>thank you for all your help. good luck with your apps and with making a decision.</p>
<p>A few things regarding Knox (my daughter never applied to any of your other schools), first, it’s one of the best Creative Writing programs around so that should be a strong consideration and their graduate school placement is also exceptional. Second, I’m surprised by your thoughts that it wasn’t as close knit as Cornell. Knox is one of the most accepting, tight colleges I have ever seen. Within the first month of orientation/classes my daughter had been to three professors homes for a meal (mostly with other college Freshman) and has continued visiting professors for the last year and a half (she’s currently a Sophomore). My daughter is pretty shy and yet she is so involved now with so many activities because of the friendly, close environment of the school. Even more impressive is the connection to the college President that most students have, she’s always around and participating in student activities and she knows many of the kids by name. Finally, academically, Knox is incredibly flexible with classes and majors, allowing independent study and “create your own” type classes and majors, if that’s of any interest to you.</p>
<p>One more great Knox attribute is their emphasis on community service, they even have a minor in it. Their themed house arrangements are unique in that any group of students who want to live together can create a theme to present to the student government board (or whatever it’s called) and should they be accepted they are assigned a townhouse or suite to live in together but must create two events, one for the school and one for the town, each term based on their theme. For example, if you and your friends decide to create a Health and Nutrition themed house, then each term you could create a “No Smoking Day” with educational info and such for the school and then a “Fitness Activity Day” for the elementary school kids (not a great example but hopefully you get the gist).</p>
<p>The part of Galesburg closest to the campus is a wonderful little village with lots of fabulous restaurants and some cute craft-type stores. It’s not really thriving but it is holding it’s own. If you’re not a big box-store kind of person (we’re not), then there’s great mom-and-pop shops to get things; if you are a big-box store person then a short drive away is Wal-Mart and Target and Staples, and all those megastores. There are areas that are less safe than others but it’s rare that anything bad happens. </p>
<p>The only negative I can imagine about Cornell is that people outside of one or two states will think you went to Cornell University so you might spend some time correcting them for the rest of your life! If you thought Cornell had a great cafeteria wait until you see Grinell. Warren Buffet gave them so much money that they don’t know what to do with that they have waiters walking around the cafeteria offering lamb chops to students. (We visited but my daughter hated it so she didn’t apply.)</p>
<p>Good luck, it’s nice to know you’ve been accepted somewhere and that you’re going to college.</p>
<p>thanks, amtc, for your contributions. this helps. I’m going to start my own thread about Knox and see if I can learn any more about it.</p>
<p>Hi Tiger. I am a current sophomore at Knox, and I would be happy to answer any of your questions about the school! Please feel free to message me on here or email me at <a href=“mailto:dawallace@knox.edu”>dawallace@knox.edu</a>. In the meantime, I’d like to share with you some information about my experience of the close-knit community that Knox has offered me. My suite from last year, for example, was extremely close, and almost all 16 of us still remain close friends who hang out regularly even though we did not have the good fortune to live all together again. Despite this closeness with my suite from last year, I also branched out and made many other friends on campus through clubs, classes, and sports. Everyone I have met has been friendly and inviting, and I feel as though there is a major connection between all the people at Knox, including the faculty and staff. There is a connectedness that I feel everyday when I walk across campus. People smile at me even if I do not know them personally, and I always see friendly faces all around me and say ‘hi’ to people wherever I go. It’s really nice to know that I have so many people looking out for me here. I know that if I ever needed something, there are so many people that would have my back at this school.</p>
<p>The dorms at Knox are indeed old, but having suites instead of hallways mean that you get to know not only with those living around you, but when you visit friends who live in other dorms, you end up getting to know their suitemates as well – and also their suitemates’ girlfriends, one of which you might even end up marrying. That happened to me.</p>
<p>The town of Galesburg has gone downhill in the past 30 years. What was once a charming county seat has become an economic dead zone. But during the same time Knox has improved dramatically and is more vibrant than ever.</p>
<p>If you’re interested in Creative Writing, I can’t recommend Knox strongly enough – it’s the most popular major there, and being surrounded by an active community of writers is a fantastic benefit to anyone who wants to write. I was a chemistry major, but in addition to my science work I also write children’s books and have three books published with Simon & Schuster.</p>