PHOENIX PACT PARTNER COLLEGE
Lake Forest College
Location: Lake Forest, Illinois; 45-minute drive from Chicago
Size: 1,600 Students
Diversity: 7% African American, 17% Hispanic / Latino
Test Scores: Optional
Pact Scholarships per year: Unrestricted
Application Deadline: January 15
Available on Common App: Yes
Interview: Required for Phoenix Pact scholarship
Prices: No additional interview application is required. Students who apply to Lake Forest by January 15 will be automatically considered for an interview and will be notified if selected.
Housing: Required on campus all 4 years
More Info: www.lakeforest.edu/admissions/
Lake Forest is a small liberal arts college with 30 undergraduate major and minor programs in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, and features programs of study in pre-law, pre-medicine, communication, business, finance, and computer science. The majority of students live on the college's wooded 107-acre campus located a half-mile from the Lake Michigan shore.
12:1 Student-to-Instructor ratio, with an average class size of 19
#36 of most innovative schools in the U.S., U.S. News & World Report
Top 100 U.S. Liberal Arts Colleges, U.S. News & World Report
A complete college experience, close to home.
Lake Forest College is ideal for the student who wants a college experience outside of the city while taking advantage of everything Chicago has to offer. From Lake Forest’s beautiful campus near Lake Michigan, 86% of students have internships in Chicago, arranged by Lake Forest’s Career Center, considered among the best student-placement programs in the country.
“Persistence and communication are what made Lake Forest College work for me. Along my journey I recognized that I didn’t have to do everything myself and reached out to my professors for guidance. Lake Forest College is special because they offer so much support.” Marquise Douglas, NLCP 2016, Lake Forest College 2020