Rhodes College

Rhodes College is a small private college in Memphis, Tennessee. It was established over 150 years ago. This 100-acre college is located in mid-town Memphis, which is only a few miles from downtown Memphis. It is highly regarded as one of the most affordable private colleges in the nation and has been ranked number 62 out of 600 colleges on Forbes' list of America's Best Colleges.http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/02/best-colleges-ratings-opinions-ranking-2009_land.html<ref/>

Rhodes was established in 1848 and opened its doors to its first students in January of 1849. It's mascot is the Lynx, which was the dominate constellation in the sky on the first night of the first year Rhodes was open. It is the only college that has the Lynx as its mascot. There are 13 buildings on its campus that are registered in The National Register of Historic Places.

Rhodes admissions process is very competitive. For the 2009 school year, Rhodes received 5,167 applications and accepted 2,142 students (41% of the application pool). Of those accepted, only 451 applicants entered as students, most of which - 431 - are first-year students. The requirements are high and the statistics of actual students' are even higher. For example, 53% of the entering class ranked in the top 10% of their high school graduating class and 73% of the entering class had a high school grade point averages (GPA) between 3.5 and 4.0.http://www.rhodes.edu/admissions/3717.asp<ref/>

• Claudia Kennedy - Class of 1969: U.S. Army Lt. General and Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, member of the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame, and the first woman to hold a three-star rank in the U.S. Army

• Dixie Carter - Class of 1962: Emmy-nominated actor

• John H. Bryan - Class of 1958: former CEO of Sara Lee

• Charlaine Harris - Class of 1973: best-selling mystery writer