ConnColl or Kenyon

[Anonymous]

They’re both good schools. OP’s kid should visit both campuses, determine which one is a better fit, and go for it.

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Anonymous wrote:Connecticut College looks across the river at a submarine base. And downriver to a gritty shrinking old port city that’s been losing population for half a century. You’re misleading OP if you suggest the fact that some other small towns along the coast attract summer visitors and retirees reflects what it’s like to live in New London.

This is true, New London is like the equivalent of Bridgeport in Fairfield County. I do think it’s a more interesting area though vs Hartford (Trinity).

ConnCollege vs Trinity would be the more interesting thread as they are peers academically

New London is gritty but no where near as bad as Bridgeport or Hartford.

[Anonymous]

Kenyon a considered more prestigious but I’m not sure why

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kenyon a considered more prestigious but I’m not sure why

Google famous alumni and compare the two schools

[Anonymous]

New London is gritty but no where near as bad as Bridgeport or Hartford.

Depends on what you're looking at, including if you're talking about individual neighborhoods or the entire city (or MSA). Bridgeport actually has a higher per capita income and lower poverty rate than New London. The City of Hartford's scores are worse than New London's on both counts, but it's also the core of a much larger and more prosperous metro area (and home to the state capital). But agree at its worst New London just feels depressing or seedy not dangerous.

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Anonymous wrote:Kenyon a considered more prestigious but I’m not sure why

Google famous alumni and compare the two schools

In honesty I think it’s because Conn College was a women's college in the old days (my mil went there because she couldn’t get into a Seven Sisters school, and she was ashamed about that). Most women’s colleges didn’t have the endowment or cache of male schools. I don’t think that has anything to do with the college now, now but that’s probably why the ”famous alum” list is shorter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kenyon a considered more prestigious but I’m not sure why

Google famous alumni and compare the two schools

In honesty I think it’s because Conn College was a women's college in the old days (my mil went there because she couldn’t get into a Seven Sisters school, and she was ashamed about that). Most women’s colleges didn’t have the endowment or cache of male schools. I don’t think that has anything to do with the college now, now but that’s probably why the ”famous alum” list is shorter.

Sure and it was only founded in 1911. But on the question of prestige, when Joan Rivers is your only notable graduate, how prestigious can a school be?

[Anonymous]

Wow. Why don't we just rename this thread "Let's trash Connecticut College". There are quite a few notable graduates, but if Joan Rivers is your way to trash the school, good for you. Yesterday, a Conn graduate coached his team to the Division I Men's Hockey Championship, but who cares right?

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Anonymous wrote:Kenyon a considered more prestigious but I’m not sure why

Google famous alumni and compare the two schools

How is that relevant to whether it is a good place for your child to land?

Some DCUMers are so prestige thirsty!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kenyon a considered more prestigious but I’m not sure why

Google famous alumni and compare the two schools

How is that relevant to whether it is a good place for your child to land?

Some DCUMers are so prestige thirsty!!

It was in direct response to why one school was considered more prestigious. This is as good an answer as any

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They’re both good schools. OP’s kid should visit both campuses, determine which one is a better fit, and go for it.

This. Assume costs are similar or don't matter, your child will get a feeling of which one is right after visiting both

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They’re both good schools. OP’s kid should visit both campuses, determine which one is a better fit, and go for it.

This. Assume costs are similar or don't matter, your child will get a feeling of which one is right after visiting both

I question the wisdom of this. I feel like impressions formed on a campus visit can be misleading, often just based on the tour guide. Perhaps objective criteria should be more heavily relied upon versus emotional reactions?

[Anonymous]

Kenyon has a more academic vibe. We visited both. Connecticut college felt very generic and so many athletes. Just kind of blah. We didn’t love Kenton’s location in the middle of nowhere (literally nowhere). But it’s got a very nice campus and facilities.

[Anonymous]

I question the wisdom of this. I feel like impressions formed on a campus visit can be misleading, often just based on the tour guide. Perhaps objective criteria should be more heavily relied upon versus emotional reactions?

+1000.

"The weather was crappy the day we visited, we were tired, our tour guide had no sense of humor, and the 20 students we saw on campus that registered in our consciousness were all nerdy/preppy/snobby/etc. We don't care that students have been attending there happily for literally centuries -- we didn't feel it."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They’re both good schools. OP’s kid should visit both campuses, determine which one is a better fit, and go for it.

This. Assume costs are similar or don't matter, your child will get a feeling of which one is right after visiting both

I question the wisdom of this. I feel like impressions formed on a campus visit can be misleading, often just based on the tour guide. Perhaps objective criteria should be more heavily relied upon versus emotional reactions?

Kudos to you for having a kid who was able to do that. DC1 fairly able to do so, but still swayed by impressions from visit. DC2 wholly unable to do that and some application decisions were influenced solely on tour impressions.