Tell us about Kenyon...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good LAC. Pretty campus. A friend went there years ago and is very successful now. Don't know anyone else who went there aside from Paul Newman.

Think Allison Janney too. Grew up somewhat nearby.

[Anonymous]

DD loves, loves, loves "How I Met Your Mother" and just told me that Ted went to Kenyon. How she knows that I really don't want to know - LOL.

[Anonymous]

Who or what is Kenyon??

[Anonymous]

I guess you write your own stuff. Probably have killer dad jokes as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD loves, loves, loves "How I Met Your Mother" and just told me that Ted went to Kenyon. How she knows that I really don't want to know - LOL.

She should consider Wesleyan if she likes How I Met Your Mother.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD loves, loves, loves "How I Met Your Mother" and just told me that Ted went to Kenyon. How she knows that I really don't want to know - LOL.

She should consider Wesleyan if she likes How I Met Your Mother.

She talks about applying, but has another year.

[Anonymous]

I know that Kenyon like so many others of that ilk want to get most of their incoming class through ED.

But what about ED2? DC has the stats to gain ED1 admission, but will not likely make it via RD. DC's first choice is a midatlantic SLAC which will likely not admit DC, even in ED. Still DC wants to try and I'm certainly not going to be the one preventing DC from chasing the dream. Still Kenyon is a strong second choice school. Long way of saying anyone with ED2 experience at Kenyon and are the ED benefits still there even if it's clear to Admissions you are the second choice?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who or what is Kenyon??

Please go away. Refrain from commenting until you grow up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:David Foster Wallace commencement speech "This is Water". Google it.

Read it over and over. I think he was drunk when he wrote this. It is not inspirational or even coherent.

What writer isn't drunk when they write?

I, for one, found it thought provoking and funny. Very well done considering he wrote it the night before (supposedly).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who or what is Kenyon??

Please go away. Refrain from commenting until you grow up.

Meh, most proles couldn't name even one SLAC. I always found that whether someone recognized the name of my alma mater (a top 3 SLAC) was a great dividing test between whether someone was a true elite or just a wannabe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who or what is Kenyon??

Please go away. Refrain from commenting until you grow up.

Meh, most proles couldn't name even one SLAC. I always found that whether someone recognized the name of my alma mater (a top 3 SLAC) was a great dividing test between whether someone was a true elite or just a wannabe.

all this says more about you than the proles, wannabes, or, for that matter, true elites.

[Anonymous]

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-liberal-arts-colleges

Take a look at USNW's liberal arts rankings. I guarantee you that apart from the old women's colleges (Vassar, Wellesley, Smith, Barnard, Bryn Mawr) and the military academies (which should not be categorized as a liberal arts school in the first place) the overwhelming majority of people in America have never heard of these "top" schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-liberal-arts-colleges

Take a look at USNW's liberal arts rankings. I guarantee you that apart from the old women's colleges (Vassar, Wellesley, Smith, Barnard, Bryn Mawr) and the military academies (which should not be categorized as a liberal arts school in the first place) the overwhelming majority of people in America have never heard of these "top" schools.

Who cares what the majority of the country has heard of?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know that Kenyon like so many others of that ilk want to get most of their incoming class through ED.

But what about ED2? DC has the stats to gain ED1 admission, but will not likely make it via RD. DC's first choice is a midatlantic SLAC which will likely not admit DC, even in ED. Still DC wants to try and I'm certainly not going to be the one preventing DC from chasing the dream. Still Kenyon is a strong second choice school. Long way of saying anyone with ED2 experience at Kenyon and are the ED benefits still there even if it's clear to Admissions you are the second choice?

Great question - I’d also like to know. My guess is that ED2 actually has a lot of stronger candidates who went for their high reach but still had Kenyon as #2. I’d think the school would desire these candidates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know that Kenyon like so many others of that ilk want to get most of their incoming class through ED.

But what about ED2? DC has the stats to gain ED1 admission, but will not likely make it via RD. DC's first choice is a midatlantic SLAC which will likely not admit DC, even in ED. Still DC wants to try and I'm certainly not going to be the one preventing DC from chasing the dream. Still Kenyon is a strong second choice school. Long way of saying anyone with ED2 experience at Kenyon and are the ED benefits still there even if it's clear to Admissions you are the second choice?

Great question - I’d also like to know. My guess is that ED2 actually has a lot of stronger candidates who went for their high reach but still had Kenyon as #2. I’d think the school would desire these candidates.

To add, I think this is why ED2 was invented.