Tell us about Kenyon...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Very remote...be SURE to visit. Heavy party school...beware.

Kenyon is on my DD's short list. She likes academics and how beautiful it is. The big concern is the alleged drinking culture. This does not appeal to her at all. I know many students change their minds and wind up really enjoying that aspect of college. I know my kid though. and it's not a religious or moral thing. It's just the way she is. What sort of things do non-drinking students do for fun at Kenyon? Roughly what percentage of the student population is substance free? Are they social pariahs? Thanks

What do non-drinking students do for fun at Kenyion? They hang out with the drinking students! Given Kenyon's size (1600 or so students) and remote location, unless one wants to be a hermit, interacting with everyone else despite differences is unavoidable. That's one thing that makes Kenyon's community so tight-knit...and wonderful.

[Anonymous]

Preppier than Oberlin. Crunchier than Denison. Perfect mix!

[Anonymous]

http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170915/anonymous-donor-gives-kenyon-college-75-million

[Anonymous]

Apart from English, what are the other popular majors?

[Anonymous]

I thought this was very helpful...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlvOc1SOdxg&feature=youtu.be&utm_source=Slate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=AD_20200625_student-panel-nonreg

[Anonymous]

Paul Newman is rumored to be the donor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Very remote...be SURE to visit. Heavy party school...beware.

Kenyon is on my DD's short list. She likes academics and how beautiful it is. The big concern is the alleged drinking culture. This does not appeal to her at all. I know many students change their minds and wind up really enjoying that aspect of college. I know my kid though. and it's not a religious or moral thing. It's just the way she is. What sort of things do non-drinking students do for fun at Kenyon? Roughly what percentage of the student population is substance free? Are they social pariahs? Thanks

This doesn’t mean they are substance-free, but doing a non-fratty port or two or time-consuming (especially in the winter) could offset your concern. I know swimming is extremely competitive do no that but maybe others.

[Anonymous]

"Cancel culture" is very alive at Kenyon for that who misbehave:

https://kenyoncollegian.com/opinion/2019/04/blacklisting-is-more-than-cancel-culture/

https://kenyoncollegian.com/opinion/2019/11/cancel-culture-prohibits-a-learning-environment-on-campus/

https://www.hercampus.com/school/kenyon/why-i-hate-cancel-culture

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Very remote...be SURE to visit. Heavy party school...beware.

Kenyon is on my DD's short list. She likes academics and how beautiful it is. The big concern is the alleged drinking culture. This does not appeal to her at all. I know many students change their minds and wind up really enjoying that aspect of college. I know my kid though. and it's not a religious or moral thing. It's just the way she is. What sort of things do non-drinking students do for fun at Kenyon? Roughly what percentage of the student population is substance free? Are they social pariahs? Thanks

This doesn’t mean they are substance-free, but doing a non-fratty port or two or time-consuming (especially in the winter) could offset your concern. I know swimming is extremely competitive do no that but maybe others.

I have a cousin who just graduated. She went there based on some image that everyone would be sitting around writing short stories all day. Instead, she said it was just another preppy group of kids stuck in a cornfield drinking like crazy several nights a week. She said everyone likes to blame Greek life, but everyone is drinking all the time there. She struggled with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Kids may look preppy, or artsy or hippie, but they share commone traits - bright and from 1 percenter families.

There is a real effort to become more racially and economically diverse. Being in the middle of Trump territory makes some URM wary, but the school has no problem with attracting international students.

Yes because in international students are typically full pay and keep a place like Kenyon solvent. Their tuition dollars mean our American kids have a place like Kenyon to get drunk for four years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Cancel culture" is very alive at Kenyon for that who misbehave:

https://kenyoncollegian.com/opinion/2019/04/blacklisting-is-more-than-cancel-culture/

https://kenyoncollegian.com/opinion/2019/11/cancel-culture-prohibits-a-learning-environment-on-campus/

https://www.hercampus.com/school/kenyon/why-i-hate-cancel-culture

And yet these are all published examples of people from the school who are opposed to what they perceive as "cancel culture" which suggests that there is a diversity of opinions encouraged. Don't quite see how you are bothered by it then.

[Anonymous]

As long as a campus has someone promoting intellectual freedom and opposing cancel culture, then there is sufficient political diversity on campus? Well, OK then. We are so f-ed.

[Anonymous]

PP here: The point I was making was about "cancelling' due to student abuses/misdeeds/crimes performed "under the influence" of drugs or alcohol." It's a small school and word travels fast if someone is a mean drunk...

I was not inferring "cancellation" due to political or social viewpoints...

[Anonymous]

Other PP here. My comment wasn't specific to Kenyon and I did not know the specifics of any cancelation at Kenyon.

My DD is a rising freshman at my alma mater, a different LAC. I thought the college maintains a commitment to academic freedom, however with the overemphasis on diversity in it's marketing materials causes me pause at times. Well, we shall see.

[Anonymous]

I don't think of Kenyon as a big school for finance. can you get a list of firms that recruit there? Williams sounds like a better fit for your kid if he can get in.