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Anonymous wrote:So overrated. The very definition of a back up school for wealthy families with higher but unreachable aspirations.

I've recruited a number of Kenyon grads and that's not the vibe I get from them at all. In fact, I have yet to meet a Kenyon student, alum or parent who isn't completely over the moon about the school. If these people were ever disgruntled about having to "settle" for Kenyon, their actual experience at the school caused them to do a 180. And, yes, Kenyon grads do learn to write well.

One of our kids had a BFF who was a double UVA legacy who couldn't get into UVA in state and settled for Kenyon. Parents never got over it.

Sounds like this belongs in the UVA thread.

Nah, it's not that. Just further support for Kenyon being a back up school. With a 21 percent yield it's a first choice school for only 1 in 5 of its accepted applicants.

Ah, guessing that you are one of the UVA parents who hasn't gotten over it. Your poor DC.

LOL I said my kid's BFF. My own kid went to UVA. We weren't legacies. But let's not digress, ok? I'm just saying I don't understand the Kenyon appeal.

So, you don't. That's really on you. You could afford UVA and are perhaps bitter that some people have other options. My own relatives had to attend UVA as their parents couldn't afford a T-10 school tuition. That's just life.

Excuse me? Kenyon isn't T-10. It's not even in the top 25 of LACs. So anyone who can afford both would be crazy to go with Kenyon. Your post makes no sense.

Now you're getting defensive. Guess we hit your wallet.

LOL. I had another kid go to a top ten LAC over William & Mary in state. Full pay. So you're barking up the wrong tree. But you sure have confirmed that Kenyon is a back up for rich kids, so there's that.

Not really. Neither of my DCs are at Kenyon. Both are in T5 LACs. Full pay. Just humble enough to know that kids need a range of schools. You cleave onto the admit stats/ranks as if that is all you have in life and that's kind of sad, especially for someone at your age who should be looking forward not reliving the past.

If you're kids are already in college and not at Kenyon, why are you on this thread then? Look in the mirror, sister. And, again, I bet I'm no older than half the women here.

One enrolled, one just admitted.

You keep coming back here even though your DCs both appear to be in college, so perhaps that question should best be posed to: why are you on this thread then? I can only guess you are because of some past slights or a need to wield your college credentials to compensate for a less than stellar career.

Anyone who is old enough to have DCs in college should be old enough to let go of their past, especially if it is hindering them emotionally.

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Anonymous wrote:The knock against Kenyon is that it is in the middle of nowhere.

That is actually its greatest strength and the true beauty of the place (breathtaking campus aside). If forces opposites to interact, and often attract.

It's there that jocks (a third of the student body are recruited athletes), eloquent hipster navel gazers (they have a reknowned writing program), and boarding school party kids all converge and...wait for it...talk, engage and even hook up cross-species...

I don't understand the middle of nowhere knock. Most SLACs are in the "middle of nowhere." That's part of the recipe.

There has been a trend towards kids wanting bigger schools in or or adjacent to cities, hence, why "middle of nowhere" seems to be a ding these days. Fortunately neither of my DCs minded, but can be hard as there are not a ton of midsize schools in/near cities with a range of admit rates.

Some experts are saying the pendulum is swinging back toward rural thanks in part to pandemic. At our Hs alone, while not LACs or particularly isolated, applications to Uvm and Umass Amherst have doubled this year. The parents are of the Dead Poet Society generation, too.

Interesting. I had also heard that UMass and UVM apps were spiking as other publics become even more selective. Folks who had hoped to go to Pitt or liked as a target/safety are now needing to go further afield.

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Anonymous wrote:The knock against Kenyon is that it is in the middle of nowhere.

That is actually its greatest strength and the true beauty of the place (breathtaking campus aside). If forces opposites to interact, and often attract.

It's there that jocks (a third of the student body are recruited athletes), eloquent hipster navel gazers (they have a reknowned writing program), and boarding school party kids all converge and...wait for it...talk, engage and even hook up cross-species...

I don't understand the middle of nowhere knock. Most SLACs are in the "middle of nowhere." That's part of the recipe.

There has been a trend towards kids wanting bigger schools in or or adjacent to cities, hence, why "middle of nowhere" seems to be a ding these days. Fortunately neither of my DCs minded, but can be hard as there are not a ton of midsize schools in/near cities with a range of admit rates.

Some experts are saying the pendulum is swinging back toward rural thanks in part to pandemic. At our Hs alone, while not LACs or particularly isolated, applications to Uvm and Umass Amherst have doubled this year. The parents are of the Dead Poet Society generation, too.

Interesting. I had also heard that UMass and UVM apps were spiking as other publics become even more selective. Folks who had hoped to go to Pitt or liked as a target/safety are now needing to go further afield.

I’m hoping for good things for those schools. They feel like good likely schools for my kid who doesn’t want to be in a city. And at least UVM (not sure on Umass) has generous and clear merit aid standards.

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Anonymous wrote:The knock against Kenyon is that it is in the middle of nowhere.

That is actually its greatest strength and the true beauty of the place (breathtaking campus aside). If forces opposites to interact, and often attract.

It's there that jocks (a third of the student body are recruited athletes), eloquent hipster navel gazers (they have a reknowned writing program), and boarding school party kids all converge and...wait for it...talk, engage and even hook up cross-species...

I don't understand the middle of nowhere knock. Most SLACs are in the "middle of nowhere." That's part of the recipe.

There has been a trend towards kids wanting bigger schools in or or adjacent to cities, hence, why "middle of nowhere" seems to be a ding these days. Fortunately neither of my DCs minded, but can be hard as there are not a ton of midsize schools in/near cities with a range of admit rates.

Some experts are saying the pendulum is swinging back toward rural thanks in part to pandemic. At our Hs alone, while not LACs or particularly isolated, applications to Uvm and Umass Amherst have doubled this year. The parents are of the Dead Poet Society generation, too.

Interesting. I had also heard that UMass and UVM apps were spiking as other publics become even more selective. Folks who had hoped to go to Pitt or liked as a target/safety are now needing to go further afield.

I’m hoping for good things for those schools. They feel like good likely schools for my kid who doesn’t want to be in a city. And at least UVM (not sure on Umass) has generous and clear merit aid standards.

To be clear - UVM is in a city - Burlington. The school is not smack dab in the middle of downtown, but it is not a rural setting. Lovely, though, as a lot of the campus looks to the west, Lake Champlain, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:The knock against Kenyon is that it is in the middle of nowhere.

That is actually its greatest strength and the true beauty of the place (breathtaking campus aside). If forces opposites to interact, and often attract.

It's there that jocks (a third of the student body are recruited athletes), eloquent hipster navel gazers (they have a reknowned writing program), and boarding school party kids all converge and...wait for it...talk, engage and even hook up cross-species...

I don't understand the middle of nowhere knock. Most SLACs are in the "middle of nowhere." That's part of the recipe.

There has been a trend towards kids wanting bigger schools in or or adjacent to cities, hence, why "middle of nowhere" seems to be a ding these days. Fortunately neither of my DCs minded, but can be hard as there are not a ton of midsize schools in/near cities with a range of admit rates.

Some experts are saying the pendulum is swinging back toward rural thanks in part to pandemic. At our Hs alone, while not LACs or particularly isolated, applications to Uvm and Umass Amherst have doubled this year. The parents are of the Dead Poet Society generation, too.

Interesting. I had also heard that UMass and UVM apps were spiking as other publics become even more selective. Folks who had hoped to go to Pitt or liked as a target/safety are now needing to go further afield.

I’m hoping for good things for those schools. They feel like good likely schools for my kid who doesn’t want to be in a city. And at least UVM (not sure on Umass) has generous and clear merit aid standards.

To be clear - UVM is in a city - Burlington. The school is not smack dab in the middle of downtown, but it is not a rural setting. Lovely, though, as a lot of the campus looks to the west, Lake Champlain, etc.

It’s no Gambier but Burlington has a much smaller population than Bethesda.

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Anonymous wrote:So overrated. The very definition of a back up school for wealthy families with higher but unreachable aspirations.

I've recruited a number of Kenyon grads and that's not the vibe I get from them at all. In fact, I have yet to meet a Kenyon student, alum or parent who isn't completely over the moon about the school. If these people were ever disgruntled about having to "settle" for Kenyon, their actual experience at the school caused them to do a 180. And, yes, Kenyon grads do learn to write well.

One of our kids had a BFF who was a double UVA legacy who couldn't get into UVA in state and settled for Kenyon. Parents never got over it.

Sounds like this belongs in the UVA thread.

Nah, it's not that. Just further support for Kenyon being a back up school. With a 21 percent yield it's a first choice school for only 1 in 5 of its accepted applicants.

Ah, guessing that you are one of the UVA parents who hasn't gotten over it. Your poor DC.

LOL I said my kid's BFF. My own kid went to UVA. We weren't legacies. But let's not digress, ok? I'm just saying I don't understand the Kenyon appeal.

So, you don't. That's really on you. You could afford UVA and are perhaps bitter that some people have other options. My own relatives had to attend UVA as their parents couldn't afford a T-10 school tuition. That's just life.

Excuse me? Kenyon isn't T-10. It's not even in the top 25 of LACs. So anyone who can afford both would be crazy to go with Kenyon. Your post makes no sense.

Now you're getting defensive. Guess we hit your wallet.

LOL. I had another kid go to a top ten LAC over William & Mary in state. Full pay. So you're barking up the wrong tree. But you sure have confirmed that Kenyon is a back up for rich kids, so there's that.

Not really. Neither of my DCs are at Kenyon. Both are in T5 LACs. Full pay. Just humble enough to know that kids need a range of schools. You cleave onto the admit stats/ranks as if that is all you have in life and that's kind of sad, especially for someone at your age who should be looking forward not reliving the past.

If you're kids are already in college and not at Kenyon, why are you on this thread then? Look in the mirror, sister. And, again, I bet I'm no older than half the women here.

One enrolled, one just admitted.

You keep coming back here even though your DCs both appear to be in college, so perhaps that question should best be posed to: why are you on this thread then? I can only guess you are because of some past slights or a need to wield your college credentials to compensate for a less than stellar career.

Anyone who is old enough to have DCs in college should be old enough to let go of their past, especially if it is hindering them emotionally.

NP here. Can you move along please? The rest of us already have. Both you and she are boring us.

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Anonymous wrote:So overrated. The very definition of a back up school for wealthy families with higher but unreachable aspirations.

I've recruited a number of Kenyon grads and that's not the vibe I get from them at all. In fact, I have yet to meet a Kenyon student, alum or parent who isn't completely over the moon about the school. If these people were ever disgruntled about having to "settle" for Kenyon, their actual experience at the school caused them to do a 180. And, yes, Kenyon grads do learn to write well.

One of our kids had a BFF who was a double UVA legacy who couldn't get into UVA in state and settled for Kenyon. Parents never got over it.

Sounds like this belongs in the UVA thread.

Nah, it's not that. Just further support for Kenyon being a back up school. With a 21 percent yield it's a first choice school for only 1 in 5 of its accepted applicants.

Ah, guessing that you are one of the UVA parents who hasn't gotten over it. Your poor DC.

LOL I said my kid's BFF. My own kid went to UVA. We weren't legacies. But let's not digress, ok? I'm just saying I don't understand the Kenyon appeal.

So, you don't. That's really on you. You could afford UVA and are perhaps bitter that some people have other options. My own relatives had to attend UVA as their parents couldn't afford a T-10 school tuition. That's just life.

Excuse me? Kenyon isn't T-10. It's not even in the top 25 of LACs. So anyone who can afford both would be crazy to go with Kenyon. Your post makes no sense.

Now you're getting defensive. Guess we hit your wallet.

LOL. I had another kid go to a top ten LAC over William & Mary in state. Full pay. So you're barking up the wrong tree. But you sure have confirmed that Kenyon is a back up for rich kids, so there's that.

Not really. Neither of my DCs are at Kenyon. Both are in T5 LACs. Full pay. Just humble enough to know that kids need a range of schools. You cleave onto the admit stats/ranks as if that is all you have in life and that's kind of sad, especially for someone at your age who should be looking forward not reliving the past.

If you're kids are already in college and not at Kenyon, why are you on this thread then? Look in the mirror, sister. And, again, I bet I'm no older than half the women here.

One enrolled, one just admitted.

You keep coming back here even though your DCs both appear to be in college, so perhaps that question should best be posed to: why are you on this thread then? I can only guess you are because of some past slights or a need to wield your college credentials to compensate for a less than stellar career.

Anyone who is old enough to have DCs in college should be old enough to let go of their past, especially if it is hindering them emotionally.

NP here. Can you move along please? The rest of us already have. Both you and she are boring us.

After what was a tough week for some seniors with a subset left scrambling on next steps, I really have no problem calling out a poster who is compelled to denigrate a school which may be the future alma mater for the kids of some parents here (and maybe the parents too). There are more kids than spots at T10, T25 schools. Are the remainder of all those kids supposed to now forego all college opportunities because they didn't get into a top school?

DCUM is great when people congratulate, help others problem solve, or share a few laughs, even self-deprecating ones. DCUM is not great when there are posters compelled to tear down what may be the best fit for someone else's kid, mock young adults with testing accommodations, etc. Usually I ignore them, but this poster seems to pop up a lot in this Kenyon thread. So what the heck - I'm waiting on COVID test results for family members and decided to call out the compulsion of someone who can't muster even a smidgen of holiday spirit for not yet admitted seniors and their parents.

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Kenyon is a classic 1 percenter school that tries to cloak itself in a progressive cloak. To be fair it provides an excellent education and the remote location forges lifelong bonds. But it just does not have the wherewithal or size to bring in a truly diverse student body. Every minority I have known to attend Kenyon are all from super well off families which seems like false diversity to me.

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Anonymous wrote:Kenyon is a classic 1 percenter school that tries to cloak itself in a progressive cloak. To be fair it provides an excellent education and the remote location forges lifelong bonds. But it just does not have the wherewithal or size to bring in a truly diverse student body. Every minority I have known to attend Kenyon are all from super well off families which seems like false diversity to me.

So only real diversity occurs when minorities are poor?

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Anonymous wrote:Kenyon is a classic 1 percenter school that tries to cloak itself in a progressive cloak. To be fair it provides an excellent education and the remote location forges lifelong bonds. But it just does not have the wherewithal or size to bring in a truly diverse student body. Every minority I have known to attend Kenyon are all from super well off families which seems like false diversity to me.

My kid is a student at Kenyon and loves it. They gave her great financial and merit aid and worked with us too on the financial aid package. We are definitely not one percenters. I’m not sure why you are spreading this hate. I can’t believe that you have any personal connection to the school.

Congrats to any new students! Kenyon is a special place and your kid will have an amazing four years.

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Anonymous wrote:Kenyon is a classic 1 percenter school that tries to cloak itself in a progressive cloak. To be fair it provides an excellent education and the remote location forges lifelong bonds. But it just does not have the wherewithal or size to bring in a truly diverse student body. Every minority I have known to attend Kenyon are all from super well off families which seems like false diversity to me.

My kid is a student at Kenyon and loves it. They gave her great financial and merit aid and worked with us too on the financial aid package. We are definitely not one percenters. I’m not sure why you are spreading this hate. I can’t believe that you have any personal connection to the school.

Congrats to any new students! Kenyon is a special place and your kid will have an amazing four years.

DC ended up EDing somewhere else, but really liked the campus, the students when DC toured. Everyone we know who has attended really enjoyed their time there.

Also agree that the poster probably doesn't have a personal connection to the school and unclear what the motive is for posting

GL to your DD and the rest of her time @ Kenyon!

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a Kenyon grad. I've never had a problem here in DC with name recognition here in DC.

Kenyon grad, did you have DC roots before you went to Kenyon? Did you like your time there?

I did not have DC roots when I went there. I am originally from Ohio. My time there was good.

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Anonymous wrote:Kenyon is a classic 1 percenter school that tries to cloak itself in a progressive cloak. To be fair it provides an excellent education and the remote location forges lifelong bonds. But it just does not have the wherewithal or size to bring in a truly diverse student body. Every minority I have known to attend Kenyon are all from super well off families which seems like false diversity to me.

My kid is a student at Kenyon and loves it. They gave her great financial and merit aid and worked with us too on the financial aid package. We are definitely not one percenters. I’m not sure why you are spreading this hate. I can’t believe that you have any personal connection to the school.

Congrats to any new students! Kenyon is a special place and your kid will have an amazing four years.

DC ended up EDing somewhere else, but really liked the campus, the students when DC toured. Everyone we know who has attended really enjoyed their time there.

Also agree that the poster probably doesn't have a personal connection to the school and unclear what the motive is for posting

GL to your DD and the rest of her time @ Kenyon!

Kewl

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Kenyon is ranked 30th and cost the same as #1 Williams. Ridiculously overpriced and not worth it. It’s for rich kids who can’t do better.

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Anonymous wrote:Kenyon is ranked 30th and cost the same as #1 Williams. Ridiculously overpriced and not worth it. It’s for rich kids who can’t do better.

https://www.kenyon.edu/academics/career-development/outcomes-notable-alumni/