International Student Recruitment Publication

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Ripon College was founded by dreamers and doers, idealists and pragmatists. They didn’t always agree, but they were unified in their belief that higher education was a beacon—one that would draw like-minded people to their frontier community from near and far. That spirit continues at Ripon today.

It’s a place where people of all backgrounds come to lay the foundation for a lifetime of learning, exploration and serious intellectual inquiry. It’s a place where questions are answered and answers questioned, where ethics and reason are at least as important as facts and figures. With its small classes, professors who love to teach and an incomparable family atmosphere, Ripon College is the modern and vibrant realization of a bold vision.

Discover your own Life Well Lived at Ripon College.

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JUST THE FACTS

FACTS ABOUT RIPON COLLEGE

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Student to Faculty Ratio

95%

Student Satisfaction

96%

Employment Rate

RANKINGS: America’s Best Colleges - Tier 1 National Liberal Arts College U.S. News & World Report #30 for “Great Schools, Great Prices” U.S. News & World Report

Great Colleges to Work For 2014 The Chronicle of Higher Education

#23 for “Best Bang for the Buck” Liberal Arts Colleges Washington Monthly

The Best 379 Colleges The Princeton Review

Best Lifetime Return on Investment Affordable Colleges Online President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll United States Department of Education

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#12 for “town-gown relations are great”

#14 for “professors get high marks” #19 for “everyone plays intramurals”

Tuition $33,207 Room (double occupancy) $4,665 Board $4,420 Activity Fee $275 TOTAL DIRECT COST

$42,567

ACADEMIC CALENDAR: The College’s academic year is comprised of two semesters, followed by an optional three-week Liberal Arts In Focus term. Often, In Focus participants spend a week on campus in intensive study and preparation followed by two weeks of travel to locations around the U.S. and destinations overseas.

Fall: Late-August to Mid-December Spring: Late-January to Early-May Summer (optional): Mid-May to Early-June

SCHOLARSHIPS: Ripon College provides merit-based and performance/ recognition-based scholarships to international students who qualify and meet financial requirements. These scholarships help meet the difference between your resources and the total annual costs to attend Ripon. The maximum amount of scholarship available to an international student is $18,000.

Merit Based Scholarships International Student Award - Up to $18,000 Performance/Recognition Scholarships Art - Up to $5,000 Theatre - Up to $5,000 Music - Up to $5,000 Forensics - Up to $5,000

Learn more at Ripon.edu/internationalscholarships 5

RIPON COLLEGE CAMPUS OUR ACTIVE STUDENT BODY • Ripon offers 20 NCAA Division III varsity athletic teams • Thirty-five percent of students participate as a member of a varsity athletic team • 98 percent of students volunteer their time to community service • Ripon offers more than 50 student-run clubs and organizations • Seventy percent of students participate in student-run club or intramural sports

LIFE ON CAMPUS Ripon is a residential campus, which means that more than 90 percent of our student body lives on campus all four years of study. Students have a variety of living options, which include a traditional double room with one other roommate, suite style with three other roommates, and apartment style living for upperclassmen.

Learn more at ripon.edu/campuslife/housing

HEALTH AND WELLNESS SERVICES Ripon provides basic health care to the student community, including acute care for illness and emergencies, health and wellness promotion and opportunities to participate actively in your own health care. Oncampus counseling services also are available to Ripon College students at no charge. These services include individual and group counseling, referrals and workshops.

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ORIENTATION PROGRAMS Ripon sponsors a variety of orientation programs to help first-time students from the U.S. and abroad acclimate to life at college. International students typically arrive on campus one week prior to the start of classes to allow adequate time to adjust to new surroundings and time zones, and to take part in special Welcome Week programming including social activities and mixers and an extensive tour of campus and the surrounding areas.

HOME AWAY FROM HOME For international students who have an interest in establishing a home base closer to campus, Ripon’s Home Away from Home program is a great option. Each year, the College connects interested international students with host families who provide a fun and welcoming outlet to the rigors of college life.

GROUP OUTINGS AND OTHER REGULAR PROGRAMMING The Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs sponsors a variety of activities and outings throughout the academic year for interested students looking to build community. Each month, a variety of oncampus dining and other programs are held to celebrate the culture and heritage of our students.

During breaks, students have the option of taking part in group leisure travel opportunities.

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ACADEMICS AND AREAS OF STUDY

* The four-year graduation guarantee is valid for students who remain in good academic standing and do not change majors late in their four years. Ripon College will forgive the tuition for a ninth semester for any student unable to complete his or her degree because required courses were not available.

Ripon provides a four-year graduation guarantee to all students who remain in good academic standing, declare a major course of study by the end of sophomore year, and follow an approved course plan. Students may choose from a total of 33 majors, 46 minors or customize a course plan in pursuit of competitive placement in a variety of professional degree programs, including but not limited to: pre-engineering, pre-law and pre-med. Any student regardless of major may elect to earn Ripon’s innovative new minor in Socially Responsible Leadership.

All courses are taught by faculty members, 97 percent of whom have a Ph.D. or other terminal degree in their chosen field. Students benefit from intimate class sizes, averaging a faculty-to-student ratio of 12:1. Faculty provide direct academic, career and club advising, and collaborate on serious research pursuits.

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MAJORS • Anthropology • Art History • Biology • Business Management • Chemistry • Chemistry-Biology • Communication • Computer Science • Economics • Educational Studies • Educational Studies Early Childhood • Educational Studies Middle School Childhood and Early Adult • English • Environmental Studies • Foreign Languages • French • German • Global Studies • History • Latin American and Caribbean Studies • Music • Philosophy • Physical Science • Physics • Politics and Government • Psychobiology • Psychology • Religion • Self-Designed Major • Sociology • Spanish • Studio Art • Theatre MINORS • Anthropology • Art History • Biology

• Business Management • Chemistry • Classical Studies • Classical Studies • Communication • Communication and Civic Advocacy • Computer Science • Dramatic Literature • Early Childhood Education • Economics • Educational Studies • Educational Studies Early Childhood • English • Entrepreneurship • Environmental Biology • French • German • Health • History • Latin • Latin American and Caribbean Studies • Law and Society • Mathematics • Museum Studies • Music • National Security Studies • Nonprofit Management

• Philosophy • Physics • Politics and Government • Psychology • Religion • Socially Responsible Leadership • Sociology • Spanish • Studio Art • Theatre • Theatre Production • Women’s and Gender Studies PRE-PROFESSIONAL ADVISING • Forestry and Environmental Studies • Government Service • Journalism • Library and Information Science • Military Leadership • Ministry • Nursing • Pre-Engineering • Pre-Law • Pre-Med and Heath Sciences • Social Work

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RESEARCH, PROGRAMS OF EXCELLENCE, CAMPUS RESOURCES

Ripon’s rigorous liberal arts and sciences curriculum and active residential campus prepares students of diverse interests for lives of productive, socially responsible citizenship. Coursework challenges students to examine questions in-depth, identify patterns of logic and reasoning,think critically, consider multiple contexts, and pursue independent research and present findings publicly.

PROGRAMS OF EXCELLENCE High-achieving students with a desire to pursue personal achievement, professional development and academic excellence may qualify for Ripon’s Presidential Leadership Program, a mentored cohort program for the College’s top students. Each year, the program competitively selects 18 eligible rising sophomores to join. Many of these students will go on to apply for Ripon’s National Scholarship Program, which identifies and cultivates exceptional candidates for nationally competitive scholarships, fellowships, grants and awards. The program provides specialized faculty advisers, workshops, networking opportunities and a variety of other resources to help Ripon’s most extraordinary students compete for America’s most prestigious academic honors.

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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH Ripon students are challenged throughout their time as undergraduates to pursue answers to serious research questions individually or jointly with faculty members. Current Ripon students are actively engaged in research sponsored by a number of noteworthy foundations, including the National Science Foundation, American Chemical Society, and the National Endowment for the Humanities, among others.

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES Tutoring, mentoring and other support services are available to all Ripon College students regardless of financial need. In addition, all eligible first-year students can request a Peer Contact – an upper level student who meets regularly with you to assist with the academic and social transition from high school to college.

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CAREERS AND GRADUATE SCHOOL

INTERNSHIPS, CAREERS, GRADUATE SCHOOLS Graduates of the College go on to serve in a variety of roles and have achieved notoriety at the highest levels of national and international government, education, politics, medicine, finance, the arts, business and in a host of other professional fields.

Each student entering the College is assigned a faculty mentor based on their area of interest. Together, faculty mentors and staff in the Office of Career Services work with students throughout their time on campus to help set goals and construct a plan and series of workshops, networking and internship experiences to help reach those goals. Students also have the opportunity to apply for Ripon’s unique Career Discovery Tour, offered during fall and spring breaks. This weeklong experience provides students the opportunity to travel to some of the most vibrant cities in the U.S. to visit the workplaces of alumni and friends of the college and gain first-hand knowledge of a variety of careers and cities.

Ninety-six percent of graduates are employed or in professional school within six months of graduating, and Ripon’s five-year acceptance rate to medical school is 82 percent – more than twice the national average.

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Internships • North Side Community Federal Credit Union, Chicago, Illinois • Shanghai HDDY Certified Public Accountants Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China

Clubs/Orgs/Memberships • President, Enactus (served as project manager for Ripon’s first-ever Spring Cleaning recycling event) • Cultural Diversity Club • Drumline Club “I have a great and wide network within Ripon College with professors, students and staff who are going to be great assets for my future. I discovered my passion in my future career by utilizing services and programs Ripon College provides, such as offcampus study programs and career discovery trips.

Overall, in terms of career, Ripon College has not only prepared me for the first job after college but also

TAIHUA “RAY” LI

the promotion in a few years.”

Class of 2015 Double major: Business Management, Economics Minor: Mathematics

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APPLYING TO RIPON COLLEGE

Learn more and apply at ripon.edu/intapply 14

1. A completed application – You may download an application (PDF) or

complete a Common Application online.

2. International applicants are required to provide an official evaluation of

their secondary schooling and/or post-secondary schooling. This evaluation should be completed through either World Education Services (wes.org) or through One Earth Evaluations (oneearthevaluations.org). These evaluations can take several weeks to complete, please plan accordingly.

3. Applicants are required to demonstrate their proficiency in English. Results

from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the Advanced Placement International English Exam: Acceptable minimum TOEFL scores: Paper-550, CBT-213, or IBT-79 4. R ipon College Certificate of Finance form (PDF) International applicants

will not be considered for admission or scholarships until this document is completed and returned by email or by mail. This document must be accompanied by at least an official bank statement from each source of funding that is notarized and signed by a bank official reflecting the final balance of the account in U.S. dollars. Ripon College will also accept the International Student Financial Aid Application (ISFAA) form through College Board; an official bank statement, notarized and signed by a bank official with the total balance in the account listed in US Dollars from each funding source is still required.

5. Counselor recommendation form (PDF) This form must be completed by a

school counselor or teacher.

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Office of Admission PO Box 248 Ripon, WI 54971

Email: adminfo@ripon.edu | Call: 1-800-947-4766 16