On Monday we attended Junior Preview Day at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana. I had never heard of this place until a few weeks ago, when I found it while searching online for colleges with strong Japanese Study programs. It is a small Quaker affiliated school, enrollment about 1,200. (One funny thing about Quaker schools - everybody, from the students to the professors to the college President, are called by their first names.) Annie got a chance to talk to the head of the Japanese program, and he gave us a lot of good information. She also sat in on a Japanese class, had an interview with an admissions officer, and we all toured the campus. It was fun, and I was impressed both with the facilities and with the staff we met.
Over the next several weeks we will be visiting three more schools - Wittenberg (Springfield O), Kent State (near Akron O) and Roanoke (Virginia) - to attend similar preview programs. Annie also is interested in UCLA and BYU, but these are long shots and while she may send an application we don't plan to visit those. I think Miami (O) and Ohio State would be good choices too, and along with Kent State those are schools we might actually be able to afford. It would be great if Annie were to end up at a place like Earlham - small classes, personal relationship with professors, super charming campus - but it would take a Hail Mary scholarship of some sort for it to happen.
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