How do we know there are 399 reasons to say yes to Knox College? Because there will be at least one for each member of the fall class (plus yours, of course).
What will yours be?
Submit your deposit now and let us know!
336
Because you may be called upon to address a Wizard terrorist attack.
150
To save the world one plastic fork at a time
70
To host your own radio show
34
Because there may be an adorable kitten that needs to be rescued
11
To eat what you grow
Explore more reasons to say yes to Knox:
45
To learn to identify fake news
134
Because you believe in a strong press
151
To meet our spiffy new mascot, Blaze
167
Because you want to explore extragalactic space
63
You like to tell stories
8
Because you're, at heart, a do-gooder
71
To get your foot in the door
22
Because we're doing the most for the American Dream
42
Because you want to do meaningful scientific research
67
You'll find an impressive selection of Halloween pumpkins on campus.
208
To explore dance, music, and culture in Cuba
191
Green Oaks is the next best thing to the Forbidden Forest (though cars, flying or otherwise, aren't allowed to go off-road).
9
Because it's possible that Old Main, the oldest building on campus, is full of magic.
307
To find a mentor who can connect your interests with a career path
117
Because you want to study herbology (or as Professor Stuart Allison calls it, ethnobotany)
163
To continue a promising ultimate frisbee career
97
To get an internship in the White House
73
Roller disco!
64
So 400 kids won’t go hungry on weekends
52
Because there could be a place for you on the staff of an award-winning literary journal
43
To write a novel
37
Because there are four vegetarian options in the Grab-n-Go food cart, if you’re into that
55
Because it’s possible to play a sport, earn two degrees, and still graduate in three years
79
To live and learn together
82
To research alluvial sedimentation in Sudan or some other unnervingly specific undertaking
88
To investigate the history and effectiveness of the Superfund project
119
Because you’re going places
19
To record an album
91
To meet people completely unlike you
100
To become a professional animator
106
Because you're always looking for a good deal
154
To work behind the scenes at the world premiere of a play
151
So you can hang out with wild chimpanzees
10
To spend 10 weeks living in the wilderness
145
To graduate with less student debt (11 percent less than the national average)
7
To create art in a new, innovative space
142
To start medical school three years from now
216
To earn college credit for starting a business
136
To join the Peace Corps
127
To network with alumni
101
Epic snowballs
124
To conduct innovative research
155
This guy
172
To share your art and opinion
178
To meet some very good dogs
133
To hear that lonesome train whistle blow
181
To look upon the heart of a champion (well, not literally)
115
To learn more than how to make copies or get people coffee
118
Free Movie Nights at Kresge Recital Hall
61
The pizza is excellent
160
To spend the weekend walking in the woods
187
To study elephants in Thailand
16
To build the world’s greatest manga collection
196
It’s a legacy thing
28
To stand up for what you believe in
322
You won't come to campus on the Hogwarts Express, but Amtrak's Carl Sandburg will take you to Chicago and back whenever you want.
https://www.knox.edu/admission/399-reasons-to-say-yes-to-knox
Printed on Sunday, June 16, 2019