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Lake Forest College

555 N Sheridan Road, Lake forest, IL 60045-2399 -

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School Notes Overview:

Lake Forest College affirms that education ennobles the individual. Our curriculum engages students in the breadth of the liberal arts and the depth of traditional disciplines. We encourage students to read critically, reason analytically, communicate persuasively, and, above all, to think for themselves. We foster creative talent and independent research. Lake Forest College celebrates the personal growth that accompanies the quest for excellence.

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School Overview:

	Lake Forest College
County	Lake County, IL
Title IV Eligible	Yes
Carnegie Classification	Baccalaureate (Liberal Arts) Colleges I
Institution Level	4 or more years
Institution Control	Private, non-profit
Full-Time Undergraduate	1,398 students
Part-Time Undergraduate	20 students
Full-Time Graduate	3 students
Part-Time Graduate	14 students

Total Enrollment	1,435 students
Total Dormitory Capacity	1,127 students
% Students Receiving Some Financial Aid	91%
% Students Receiving Federal Grants	22%
Avg. Amount Of Federal Grants Received	$4,599
% Students Receiving State/Local Grants	17%
Avg. Amount Of State/Local Grants Received	$4,669
% Students Receiving Institutional Grants	91%
Avg. Amount Of Institutional Grants Received	$14,624
% Students Receiving Loans	65%
Avg. Amount Of Loan Received	$3,965

School Notes:

Lake Forest College is a coeducational undergraduate institution located just 30 miles north of Chicago in the small city of Lake Forest, Illinois. One of the most beautiful suburbs on Chicago’s North Shore, Lake Forest provides a secure, supportive environment for the College. The beautiful 107-acre campus sits just a few blocks from Lake Michigan.
Lake Forest College was founded in 1857 by a group of Chicagoans who also established the town of Lake Forest. The College has 18 departmental and 8 interdisciplinary majors, plus minors and special programs.
Lake Forest provides a superb traditional liberal arts education and does so in ways that are distinctive, even exceptional. Working side-by-side with distinguished faculty, students acquire a strong and lasting academic foundation in the classroom. The student-professor ratio is 12 to 1, and most classes have between 10 and 20 students, so students feel comfortable expressing their opinions or asking for help.
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Lake Forest and Lake Bluff News Briefs: Classical Indian music to be performed at LFC (Lake Forester)
posted on September 26, 2011 at 02:11:52 pm
Indian concert at LFC on Oct. 4 Join Lake Forest College for a free performance by Vidya Dengle and Manpreet Singh as they perform Indian classical music at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 4, at Lily Reid Holt Memorial Chapel on the Lake Forest College Middle Campus, 555 N. Sheridan Road, Lake Forest. This event is sponsored by the Asian Studies Program, Islamic World Studies, the departments of Music ...
College cross country: Silver Lake competes (Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter)
posted on September 25, 2011 at 09:27:02 am
The Silver Lake College womens cross country team competed on Saturday in the Lake Forest College Forester Invitational in Libertyville, Ill.
Global Activism: Local student starts organic farming in China (Chicago Public Radio)
posted on September 22, 2011 at 06:53:42 pm
Every Thursday on Global Activism , we tell the story of a local individual who's trying to make the world a better place. In China, food safety is a serious issue. We speak with Minxu Zhang, a Chinese student from Lake Forest College, who was in her home country this summer to establish a direct line of purchase between Chinese organic farmers and consumers. She started an organization called...
Carin H Constant, Creator on Fine Box Art Introduces Brand New Line of Lost-Wax Designs (PitchEngine)
posted on July 30, 2011 at 04:27:41 am
1888PressRelease Carin H. Constant is a New York based artist. Carin Constant studied at Tulane University and obtained her degree in Fine Arts from Lake Forest College. Carin H. Constant has completed courses at NYU Film School and Harvard University.New York, NY - Carin H. Constant, prolific New York based artist and curator of ContantXposure.com, recently announced the upcoming release of new ...
Lake Forest High School graduate creates WorldPennyJar to fund disaster relief efforts (Lake Forester)
posted on July 5, 2011 at 06:49:08 pm
Reacting to an increase in natural and man-made disasters around the world, a Lake Forest native recently founded WorldPennyJar. Michael Greene, a 2000 Lake Forest High School graduate and 2004 Lake Forest College graduate, got the idea last year after the earthquake in Haiti and the devastation it caused. He started brainstorming ways to raise money. “This idea came to me — why not try to find ...