HERE’S TO POSSIBILITY A Guide to the Human-Powered Knox Experience for Transfer Students
THINGS THAT WILL LIKELY HAPPEN IF YOU TRANSFER TO KNOX
1. YOU’LL THRIVE. You’ve already started laying the groundwork for your bright future. At Knox, we’ll work with you to plot a course that will take you the rest of the way, whether your destination is medical school, marketing, or management consulting. (Or, you know, plenty of other things that don’t start with the letter M.) Our classes are challenging and engaging, and our curriculum is designed to hone your critical thinking, writing, and presentation skills at the same time you are mastering another language, calculating the present value of a financial asset, or analyzing soil samples.
2. YOU’LL MAKE FRIENDS WITH AT LEAST ONE PROFESSOR. Classes are small—just 17 people, on average, and often many fewer. So your professors aren’t just strangers standing at the front of the room talking at you for a few hours every week. They’re people who invite you to their homes for dinner, who will put you in touch with friends and colleagues at other universities when you’re considering graduate school, and who are genuinely interested in your opinions and experiences and how they shape your understanding of what you’re learning and what you hope to do with your life.
3. YOU’LL HAVE EXPERIENCES THAT WILL HELP LAUNCH YOUR FUTURE. Fully 100 percent of Knox students take part in experiential learning opportunities before graduation, whether they come here as first-years or transfer later. That includes hundreds of internships, dozens of off-campus programs, and coursework that occasionally asks you to get your hands dirty (literally, in the case of our Urban Agriculture course).
4. YOU’LL DO WORK THAT MATTERS. Our alumni run Fortune 500 companies and grassroots nonprofits. They become scientists and professors, doctors and lawyers, animators and dancers. What they have in common is this: Ten years after graduation, the vast majority (83 percent!) report that they’re doing work they find meaningful and satisfying, and that offers opportunities to continue growing and learning.
HERE’S TO THE POWER AND BEAUTY AND POSSIBILITY OF HUMANITY. LET’S GET TO WORK.
THREE TYPICAL KNOX EXPERIENCES THAT ARE 100 0/0 POSSIBLE FOR TRANSFER STUDENTS
1. STUDYING ABROAD
3. JOINING THE PEACE CORPS
Dy’Anna Augustus, a senior who transferred from a private, four-year college to major in music at Knox, spent two months speaking exclusively in Chinese when she participated in an immersive language program at Peking University’s China Studies Institute. The experience, funded by a Gilman International Scholarship, may prove vital to her future career. “I plan on getting my master’s in music technology so I can become a sound engineer,” she says. “In that industry, you never know where the next big opportunity might come from.”
Tom Courtright ’11 comes from a Peace Corps family. So when he transferred from a private, four-year college to double-major in international relations and journalism, he also signed up for our Peace Corps Preparatory Program. After graduation, he received a Peace Corps assignment in Fiji to work at a small school on the main island of Viti Levu. “My parents took me to a lot of places growing up, and dinner conversations were always about development work,” he says. “So it was always the most natural thing to do after college.”
Dy’Anna Augustus, music major
Tom Courtright, international relations and journalism double major
2. CONDUCTING INDEPENDENT RESEARCH Senior Erica Baumgardner transferred to Knox after a year of community college to major in psychology. Through the McNair Scholars program, she received funding to study whether people will consume fewer calories from a restaurant menu if they are made aware of how much exercise is required to burn them off. She hopes to earn a Ph.D. in psychology, but, in the meantime, she is also putting her journalism minor to good use; she works as a reporter for both The Knox Student and Galesburg’s local paper, The Register-Mail. Erica Baumgardner, psychology major
100% of students pursue experiential learning
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT TRANSFERRING, PRESUMPTIVELY ANSWERED
1. WILL MY CREDITS TRANSFER?
3. HOW SOON CAN I TRANSFER?
Once you’re admitted, our registrar will individually evaluate your academic record to make sure you get the appropriate credit for your previous work.
We like your (theoretical!) enthusiasm, and we happily welcome transfer applicants for our fall, winter, or spring terms.
Credit Equivalencies
• Fall Term (starts in September): Apply by April 1 • Winter Term (starts in January): Apply by November 1
Semester Hours
Quarter Hours
Knox Credits
1
1.5
0.3
3
4.5
0.9
4
6
1.2
4. WILL I FIT IN?
60
90
18
There are new transfer students starting at Knox every term. Expect your arrival to be noticed (there are only about 400 people in each fall’s class); you will be warmly received. We’re a small, diverse, and friendly community. There’s a place for you here.
If you’ve taken solid, liberal arts coursework comparable to the courses you would have taken at Knox—and you get a grade of C or better—you can typically expect most or all of your credits to transfer to Knox.
• Spring Term (starts in March): Apply by January 15
2. ARE THERE FINANCIAL AID AND SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE? Absolutely! In fact, we offer merit scholarships exclusively for transfer students up to $20,000 a year. You’ll be considered for these when you submit your application. You may also qualify for writing, visual arts, or performance scholarships. (If you want to be considered for one of these, you will need to submit a portfolio of your work or schedule an audition when you apply.)
2015 Forbes Grateful Grads Index: One of the top private colleges where alumni feel they got a great return on their investment.
THE FACTS Top
60+
1,420
50
courses of study
most diverse colleges
undergraduates
THE CAMPUS
26% students of color 11% international 48 states 51 countries
THE LOCATION 33,000 hardworking, communityminded people in Galesburg 3 blocks from campus to Seminary Street shopping district $3.30 for a gigantic slice of wood-fired pizza at Baked 3 venues hosting performances during the annual Knox-Rootabaga Jazz Festival 3 hours from Galesburg to Chicago on Amtrak’s Carl Sandburg train
100+ student-run clubs and organizations 20 NCAA Division III teams President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll 12 students in the average firstyear suite (meaning: 12 friends from around the world) Really lovely library; oddly named café (Gizmo) in student union Favorite traditions: Flunk Day, Bronze Turkey Bowl, Pumphandle
700
acres at Green Oaks Biological Field Station
5 words everyone says: “It feels like family here.”
85%
of students pursue independent study projects
50%
of students participate in off-campus study
BEFORE AND AFTER 25–30 ACT composite: mid-50% 1150–1380 SAT: 50% 76% of students receive financial aid Top 10 small colleges and universities sending graduates into the Peace Corps
MAJORS & MINORS Africana Studies American Studies Anthropology and Sociology Art Art History Asian Studies Astronomy Biochemistry Biology Business and Management Chemistry Chinese Classics • Greek • Greek & Roman Culture • L atin Computer Science Creative Writing
Dance Earth Science Economics Educational Studies • Elementary • Policy Studies • Secondary • Social Sciences Education • Special Content Areas English Literature Environmental Studies Film Studies French Gender and Women’s Studies German
Health Studies History Integrated International Studies International Relations Japanese Journalism Latin American Studies Mathematics •Financial Mathematics • Statistics Modern Languages Music Neuroscience Philosophy Physics
Political Science • A merican Politics • Comparative Politics Psychology Religious Studies Self-Designed Studies Social Service Spanish Theatre • Design and Technology • Directing • Dramatic Literature and History • Performance • Playwriting
90% (approximate) chance that you’ll eat a meal at a professor’s house
PRE-PROFESSIONAL & OTHER PROGRAMS Business Engineering Environmental Management Forestry Law Medicine Nursing Occupational Therapy Optometry College Honors Peace Corps Preparatory Program Sports Studies (courses) Teacher Certification
$350,000 dedicated to student research every year Student to faculty ratio: 12 to 1 Average class size: 17
Top 4% of national liberal arts colleges producing successful Ph.D. candidates
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