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The Class of 2012: By the numbers
270 – Number of new students
25.44 – Average ACT score (the highest in Jewell history)
23-28 – Median ACT score range (25%-75%)
33% – Top ten percent of high school graduating class
3.6761 – Average high school GPA
50 – Number of transfer students
4 – Number of countries represented (U.S., South Korea, Nigeria, Bolivia)
31% – Out of state |
 Two hundred and seventy expectant travelers began their individual Jewell journeys August 29 as the most talented first-year class ever admitted to William Jewell College arrived to begin the 2008-2009 academic year (see sidebar). The first steps on the journey were taken around the verdant quadrangle, where faculty, staff, parents and fellow students gathered to applaud and share in the sense of discovery and expectation that marks this Jewell tradition.
Here’s a closer look at some of the members of the Class of 2012:
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Major: Oxbridge Literature; French
Hometown & high school attended: Chicago; Von Steuben Metropolitan Math and Science Center Scholastic honors/recognitions: Von Steuben Scholar, National Honors Society, English departmental award; ranked third in her graduating class; graduated high school in three years
Hobbies/extracurricular interests and activities: reading, traveling, theatre, writing, ballet, Irish music
Favorite book: Jane Eyre
Favorite movie: “Pride and Prejudice” (the BBC version)
What’s on my iPod: Movie soundtracks, Irish folk music, Great Big Sea, The Elders, The Saw Doctors, Avril Lavigne, Fr. Apostolos Hill
Why I chose Jewell: I chose Jewell primarily because of the Oxbridge program, but also because of its welcoming atmosphere and academic sincerity.
College x 3
For the first time in the 159-year history of William Jewell College, identical triplets are part of the college’s entering first-year class.
(From left) Mike (Michael) Orr, Andy (Andrew) Orr and Danny (Daniel) Orr are members of the class of 2012. The Orr brothers are from Park Hill High School in Kansas City, North. Although they share the same birthday, each brother has individual interests.
Andy, who was the first to decide on Jewell, will be pursuing a major in biology. He hopes to follow the career paths of his parents, Robert and Michelle, who are physicians. Mike—the firstborn—is a pre-engineering student and computer wiz. Dan boasts a creative streak along with his flowing, European-inspired hairstyle, and he’s hooked on the “adrenaline rush” he gets from performing. Vocal music is his first love, but he also plays guitar, accordion and bagpipes. He’s even volunteered to teach bagpipe lessons at Jewell.
The Orr brothers, who have an older brother and sister, live on separate floors of their first-year residence hall at Jewell. Andy is rooming with a friend from Park Hill, but Mike and Dan have out-of-state roommates. The brothers say they are looking forward to making new friends at Jewell. |
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Major: Biology, Applied Critical Thought and Inquiry, (Pre-Medicine)
Hometown & high school attended: Kansas City, MO / North Kansas City High School
Scholastic honors/recognitions: Pre-IB Challenge Biology Student of the year 2005-2006; Who’s Who Among American High School Students 9, 10, 11, 12; All-American Scholars Member 11, 12; Principal’s Honor Roll 9, 10, 11, 12; International Baccalaureate Diploma Candidate 9, 10, 11, 12; Academic Letter Winner 11, 12; awarded Jewell Scholarship
Hobbies/extracurricular interests and activities: baseball, exercising, relaxing, spending time with friends and family, eating
Favorite quotes: “Don’t take life too seriously; you’ll never make it out alive.” - Van Wilder
“…thoroughly conscious ignorance is the prelude to every real advance in knowledge…” -James Maxwell, physicist
Favorite book: Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison or The Art of War by Sun Tsu
Favorite movie: “Major League”
What’s on my iPod: Red Hot Chili Peppers (all the other stuff doesn’t matter)
Why I chose Jewell: To get a greater understanding of the universe around me and of myself so that I may one day be able to help the global community directly and everyday as a physician…and because the baseball program was the best out of all of the schools I looked at.
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Major: International Business
Hometown & high school attended: Oklahoma City, OK; Putnam City High School
Scholastic honors/recognitions: Jewell Scholar, valedictorian of high school class
Hobbies/extracurricular interests and activities: drama, Outdoor Club, National Honors Society, Academic Team
Favorite quote: “May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope is in (God).” –Psalm 25:21
Favorite book: Harry Potter
Favorite movie: “Brian Regan-I Walked on the Moon”
What’s on my iPod: rock, jazz, indie, alternative
Why I chose Jewell: William Jewell has an excellent record of providing jobs in each student’s field of study directly after college.
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