Of all the new wrinkles in college admissions, though, e-admissions is both the newest and potentially the most profound. Broadly,e-admissions encompasses those aspects of the admissions process that have been influenced by the advent of the Internet. While students and their families still talk with counselors,friends, and relatives during their college search,they turn increasingly to the World Wide Web. While Kenyon's admissions office still receives thousands of letters and telephone calls requesting information, we now receive more information requests via e-mail. Even before many of these students request information, they have visited our web site to learn more about the College.
Prospective students have immediate access to much more information on colleges than ever before.
Many web sites contain everything traditionally found in catalogs and viewbooks, as well as thousands of additional pages of information. For better and worse, e-admissions removes the information filter of the admissions staff. By searching the directories we provide, prospective students can locate and, using e-mail, correspond with friends who attend. They can communicate directly with faculty members via e-mail and ask about courses, facilities,and postgraduate plans of their majors. Students and their families, certainly.