College Guide Includes Quotes from DePauw's Brett Kennedy

November 6, 2006

November 6, 2006, Greencastle, Ind. - "If your prospective school offers a student-led campus tour, take advantage of the opportunity to get a true feel for the campus culture," writes Shari Held in an Indianapolis Star "College Guide" supplement. Brett Kennedy, senior associate director of admission at DePauw, is quoted several times in the guide. Of campus visits, he offers, "Currently enrolled students at an institution can provide the best picture of what day-to-day life is like."

In another article, on college admissions tests, Held writes, "Each college or university has its own entrance-exam requirements; some accept SATs only or ACTs only. Others offer some flexibility." DePauw's Kennedy notes, "We require one or the other, and we take whichever one they do better on."

Later, Kennedy states, "Every student’s story is different. We look at the test score along with the grade-point average and the rigor of the courses they took in high school as a measure of student academic performance. Everything we do, every question we ask is driving toward one thing: Can the student do the work and will he or she be an academic success in our environment?" He adds, "We encourage students to take a test more than once, because the second time they take it, they’re more familiar with the environment. That’s true for both tests -- ACT and SAT."

Access the two articles here and here.

The 2007 edition of U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges" ranks DePauw in the top tier of national liberal arts colleges for a seventh consecutive year, and the University is named a "best buy" in a new Barron's book.  Prospective students who would like more information on DePauw University, including access to an online application form, can click here.

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