Coming to Keuka as a Freshman

At Keuka College, we’re looking for creative thinkers who like to get out and do what they’re interested in, whether that’s cracking mysteries, helping others, or solving quadratic equations.

If you have a wide variety of interests, talents, and goals, you’ll find success here like you’ve never before thought possible.

Now that you know all about the basics of Keuka College, you’re probably curious about how to get in. Aside from the standard admissions advice you’ll find everywhere else (study hard, do great work, etc.) here are a few Keuka-specific pointers for your application and senior year that will help your application jump out at us…

We Want You to Push Yourself

We’d much rather see you do things during your senior year that push you out of your comfort zone than simply going for an easy “A.”

Get Up, Get Out, and Do It

If you’re the type who gives back to your community, gets involved in clubs, and likes to try different things … you have a little bit more of our attention. If you provide an activity sheet, it’s almost as important to us as your transcript.

The more active you are outside of class and in the real world, the more likely it is that your application will stand out.

Standardized Tests Don’t Define You

We want to see you at your best, and so we don’t think standardized test scores define who you are and what you’re capable of.

If you aced the SAT or the ACT and you’d like us to look at your scores, we’ll certainly do that. But if you prefer we evaluate you based on something else—say, a portfolio of your creative writing or a video clip from the time you made a stellar argument on your debate team—we can use that instead.

Our application outlines the many different things you can submit to us for review in lieu of standardized test scores.