<p>If she comes for a visit next year again, and I'm still going around on CC as an "old-timer", leave a message! It'd be awesome to meet her, I'm sure! And bombard with niggling Beloit trivia questions to see if she's done her research sufficiently! <em>evil cackle</em> And for each wrong answer, I'll dock her one M&M/Skittle! </p>
<p>Or you could just warn her to avoid a strange little Asian girl walking around with a little jump in her step (from a dislocated knee and two broken feet)... :o</p>
<p>I am writing this from Beloit, where we came from California this weekend to see and hear our sophomore son perform with the Jazz ensemble. This is our seventh visit to Beloit, and on each one we find more to love about the school and its students. Just looking around at the audience was a pleasure in itself. The students seem so varied and interesting, but all seemed to enjoy each other's company and the program. Those of you who are going to be there in the fall have much to look forward to. I wish you all well.</p>
<p>IzzyJ--Haha My Dtr will be easy to spot, what with her "chocolate cherry" (or burgundy or merlot) colored hair and her eclectic 'indie' fashion style. She'll feel right at home when she meets you, since her little sister is also Asian (Chinese) and loves skittles.</p>
<p>Bookmom, Do feel free to contact me next fall as well --- my daughter is already excited about welcoming prospies to her new home. :) By the way, the way you describe your daughter, you could have been describing my daughter. Except her hair isn't dyed an interesting color. Yet. She has already told me that she's planning to change colors before showing up for orientation. :)</p>
<p>Carolyn--my daughter doesn't have the interesting hair color yet either. Her Catholic girls high school only allows "natural" colors. She's pushing for a (small, tasteful?) tattoo before college tarts. We're resisting, for the moment. Any parents out there with a good strategy for discouraging tattooing altogether? I am nostalgic for the time when piercing your ears (and only one piercing in each ear) was what you had to talk your parents into giving permission for.</p>
<p>Great Freudian slip. I giggled. We lost the ear piercing (meaning more than a hole in each) battle but are trying to hold the line on the tatoo. Our daughter is pushing hard. Tart is one of the few words I haven't used -- but lots of synonyms for it. Never mind the ear piercing. My mother decreed only "fallen women" work ankle bracelets.</p>
<p>lalady--do you think tarts "work" their ankle bracelets? I am sure Freud would have concluded as much.</p>
<p>The tatoo issue with our D is amplied by the fact that she is still 17 (and will not be 18 until after she is at Beloit) and thus needs our permission. Of course, we will still be holding the pursestrings long after the 18th birthday.</p>
<p>Mom of Sus, Wow, our girls do have a lot in common. She also attends a Catholic school (but it's co-ed. She wouldn't get out of the car when we went to look at the all girls high school). Don't know about your daughter, but mine has been pushing the uniform code at her school to the max since the first day of ninth grade. There go all these neatly dressed girls in their Catholic school uniform skirts...and here comes mine wearing the same uniform but "customized" with wild colored holely (not holy) stockings, scarves, and very quirky jewelry. She is chomping at the bit to be able to wear "real" clothes at last. I actually hope she'll send me pix from Beloit because I am sure she is going to come up with some doozies of outfits just because she finally can. :)</p>
<p>She's not into tatoos - although I suspect that may change after she arrives at Beloit - but is into piercings. Only the disgusted outcries of her younger brother have kept her three piercings to her ears. She is planning on getting a fourth piercing to her ear for graduation, but, ever my girl, she is not going to have two in each ear, but rather 1 in 1 ear and three in the other. She told me she likes the unbalanced look. :)</p>
<p>By the way, Marta, Kim, and Libra-Sky, if you get a moment, add your names to the "Master Final Choice" list in the parent's forum. I think it would be cool for people to see just how many folks from CC have chosen Beloit this year. :)</p>
<p>Carolyn, I get such a kick out of yr descriptions of yr D. If mine picks Beloit over U of ILL (like opposite sides of the universe) these two girls may be bobbsy twins at BC--mine will be allowed a teeeensy nose piercing for her 18th BD this summer--been fighting it for over 2 yrs and have finally agreed--and wins hands down at her school for quirkiest outfits! Her heart is set on BC, so we are waiting for the $$ aid offer next spring. UIUC might be too conservative (as well as too big) for her and too familiar--half the NHS kids at her school go there, so Beloit feels more 'exotic.'</p>
<p>Bookmom, Make absolutely certain that she applies EARLY ACTION. That is the only way to get in the running for the very generous merit scholarships that Beloit awards. Beloit has two EA dates - November 15 and December 15. They're on rolling admissions after that.</p>
<p>By the way Bookmom, my daughter was fascinated at Beloit by a girl she kept seeing who was wearing all purple, down to the hair. :) One of the things I like about Beloit, however, is that there is plenty of room for more "normal" kids as well. Unlike some schools that we visited where everyone seemed to be trying really hard to "out weird" each other, at Beloit it's more like everyone just kind of has the freedom to be who they want, weird, normal, or somewhere in between like my D.</p>
<p>Thanks, Carolyn-I was reading the catalog this afternoon and, even before I saw your message, DD and I were discussing a 2nd overnight visit/interview probably in Oct and she will definitely apply in first round of EA. As things stand now on paper, she should qualify to interview for the 'big' scholarships next Feb. I think she may get on and IM the student interns this week or next (before they all leave for summer?). She has only been on campus 24 hrs but she is determined to go there if the dollars work out. I think she is inbetween on the quirly scale too--Oberlin is too far out , several other schools were too conservative. My ygr DD will graduate college when I am 63--then there is grad/prof school. I will NEVER get to retire!</p>
<p>The Beloit live journal community is very good about answering prospective students Bookmom - <a href="http://www.livejournal.com%5B/url%5D">www.livejournal.com</a> do an "interest" search for Beloit College. I think the admissions interns are now off-campus. </p>
<p>My daughter applied in the EA I round and by Christmas, she was done with college admissions. I must admit it has made senior year very pleasurable for us all. The nice thing is she still applied to several other EA and rolling schools, so unlike applying ED, she felt she had options to pick from, which made the final choice of Beloit more satisfying. </p>
<p>And, check on the travel schedule of the admissions person who covers your state: my daughter did her second interview in the fall the week before she turned in her application right here in San Diego. It was very convenient. </p>
<p>If she does plan to re-visit in October, keep in mind that Beloit has a week long fall break during October that you'll probably want to plan around. Also, parents weekend falls in the early part of the month, so that might not be the best time to visit again either. (Although if you were with her, we could meet! :) )</p>
<p>Thanks, Carolyn--any idea how many presidential scholarships are awarded per year? We have basically told D what our financial limit will be regardless of EFC, and that we will provide it for a public or private school but she needs to do her part with good scores, good GPA and good summer job to help with the balance. Dad (my ex) will be 65 when shes goes to college and I will be 56 (with a rising HS sophomore to plan for) and we are both major Ca survivors and eyeing retirement, so we don't intend to take out any loans on our own and I prefer she hold her debt till grad school. Her safety (U of ILL) is basically prepaid and just so attractive to dad and mom but I want DD to be happy )=LAC). She is aware of all this but goes blissfully along not really concentrating on a scholarshihp search or even summer job (in addition to summer classes) search. I wonder homw many other 17-18 yr olds are so unconcerned about financial realities at this point. She doesn't consider that D&M will be ancient when she heads to grad school--I suppose I shouldn't worry--if either of us dies by then, she and sibling will definitely have a debt free ride but I'd rather not have that happen!! I'm beginning to think I am just worrying overtime about all of this--happily it will all be decided in the next 6 mos! DO all parents get overanxious as the search goes on?? :-)</p>
<p>Bookmom,
They seem to award quite a few Presidential and Eaton Scholarships. If you go on the live journal community and go back to the archives in Jan/Feb, I believe there is some discussion there about this. There is also some discussion on the admitted students message board which I'd be happy to cut and paste for you privately. They look very closely for "leadership" in deciding on the Presidential /Eaton Scholarships --- as I recall, the interview is with a faculty member and a current student --- so extracurriculars are the deciding factor.</p>
<p>thanks, Carolyn, Both DD and I enjoy reading the livejournal for Beloit and other schools she has looked at. I will go back to Jan-Feb and look for scholarship info. We visit Earlham next week but I expect she will still tiltl toward Beloit. B</p>