Denison’s rise
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Anonymous
| Anyone surprised by Denison’s rise? Ohio liberal arts schools used to be Oberlin, Kenyon, Denison, Wooster in that order. Now it seems better than Oberlin, and equal to Kenyon, if not better in a certain way. Its acceptance rate has gone down a lot while many schools ranked around 40 seem to be plateauing. Formally easy acceptance at our school, now there are rejections. What are they doing right compared to other LACs that are good but not “elite”. Also not a booster, visited once and personally found it too preppy. But clearly they’re doing something right. |
Anonymous
| My impression is that Denison has been good for some time. |
Anonymous
| Rise? What rise?? Pretty decent school but there's no rise that I am aware of. |
Anonymous
| Never heard of it. |
Anonymous
Ten years ago they accepted 46% of applicants, now they accept 22%. Similar schools - Kenyon has gone from 38% to 34%, Dickinson 44% to 35%, Trinity 32% to 36%, Bucknell 30% to 33%. They have a pretty low acceptance rate as a LAC with their ranking. |
Anonymous
My guesses: Michael Eisner money and more pre-professional vibe in their marketing (though not really anything different in their offerings). They also game ratings a bit. But a solid LAC and the history of people on the East coast going to Ohio schools has benefitted them and they are located in the biggest town/nearer to a city compared to the other Ohio LACs so they attract the kids who want an LAC but don't want the rural environment. |
Anonymous
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They give merit aid and are able to attract strong students because of it.
It seems to be a bit more middle of the road politically. Not everyone wants to attend a far-left or far-right institution. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
That's "rise" you are referring to? |
Anonymous
DC kids go to Ohio LACs. I’ve met so many Oberlin folks over the years in this area. |
Anonymous
LOL, why I love DCUM 
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Anonymous
+100 The other Ohio schools are slipping because they are a terrible value. Dennison is rising because, with merit, it is a better value |
Anonymous
| 10 years is not an insignificant amount of time. You would expect there to be changes at most colleges over that period. |
Anonymous
Not really. Here's the list from 2013- there doesn't appear to be much movement at all https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/us-news--world-report-announces-the-2013-best-colleges-harvard-princeton-and-williams-continue-reign-on-top-169447446.html |
Anonymous
Top National Uni has no public schools back then. |