Denison University has a 29% admit rate?!

[Anonymous]

One thing that bugs me about Denison is that I can never find their Common Data Set! Most universities post it on their website. But Denison has only these fancy infographic data points with no explanation of how they are calculating those things. The Common Data Set is where you can see the true, consistent, auditable information. The infographics often use cherry-picked ways to represent the data (like from an alumni survey with a 20% response rate, or a very generous view on "being employed" where a PT job not in your field would count). Also, Denison does yield protection.

I don't hold these things against them--it's smart marketing if people aren't aware of it--but it personally annoys me. (I do like Denison though and my DS considered it).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One thing that bugs me about Denison is that I can never find their Common Data Set! Most universities post it on their website. But Denison has only these fancy infographic data points with no explanation of how they are calculating those things. The Common Data Set is where you can see the true, consistent, auditable information. The infographics often use cherry-picked ways to represent the data (like from an alumni survey with a 20% response rate, or a very generous view on "being employed" where a PT job not in your field would count). Also, Denison does yield protection.

I don't hold these things against them--it's smart marketing if people aren't aware of it--but it personally annoys me. (I do like Denison though and my DS considered it).

I agree. My kid’s college puts out “98% of those who graduate graduate in 4 years or less.” Very clever!

[Anonymous]

WL at Denison with a 3.4 gpa and a 1390 SAT. Class of 2027 admit rate was 17% and Class of 2028 is even lower. Accepted offer at Skidmore.

[Anonymous]

Denison is for winnerz now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised as well. We visited a couple of years ago and it just didn't feel like a highly academic atmosphere. It felt pre-professional - which may be fine for people, of course, but it didn't have that feel of a high selective liberal arts college.

Yes it is well known as a second-tier safety school. Not worth the money.

It’s not a safety school if the acceptance rate is 29%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised as well. We visited a couple of years ago and it just didn't feel like a highly academic atmosphere. It felt pre-professional - which may be fine for people, of course, but it didn't have that feel of a high selective liberal arts college.

Yes it is well known as a second-tier safety school. Not worth the money.

It’s not a safety school if the acceptance rate is 29%.

Less than 20% now. In other wordz winnerz only.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What? Where did this come from? Wasn't it well over 50% not that long ago? Does Steve Carell add that much cachet to their alumni pool?

That's lower than W&M.

https://denison.edu/campus/about/fast-facts

W&M is not a slac.

It might not be small but I think most people would agree it takes a liberal arts approach to education

[Anonymous]

No dog in this fight but FYI - https://denison.edu/forms/common-data-set

Here's the common data set info

[Anonymous]

Saratoga Spring beats Granville everytime.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a small sample size, but most of the Dennison grads I know went into public service or academia. Maybe they are atypical but don't assume that everyone there wants to become a doctor or banker.

For options similar to Dennison but possibly a little less pre-peofessional, you could check out Wooster, Kalamazoo, Lawrence, and Beloit. You can read about colleges of that size and selectivity level on CTCL.org.

My Denison grad is in a PhD program in CS now.

It's Denison, with one n.

[Anonymous]

Admission rates are only a reflection of popularity not excellence or a lack of it. There is nothing wrong with being popular and there is nothing wrong with being less excellent.

[Anonymous]

This thread was started in 2020. The latest admit rate is 17%.

https://denisonian.com/2024/04/news/class-of-2028-acceptance-rate-remains-17/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised as well. We visited a couple of years ago and it just didn't feel like a highly academic atmosphere. It felt pre-professional - which may be fine for people, of course, but it didn't have that feel of a high selective liberal arts college.

Yes it is well known as a second-tier safety school. Not worth the money.

+1

It will take a few decades to catch to what OP wants it to be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised as well. We visited a couple of years ago and it just didn't feel like a highly academic atmosphere. It felt pre-professional - which may be fine for people, of course, but it didn't have that feel of a high selective liberal arts college.

Yes it is well known as a second-tier safety school. Not worth the money.

+1

It will take a few decades to catch to what OP wants it to be.

Denison is what it is. An extremely popular school with with a large endowment per student and not enough seats for the many who apply. Nothing more and nothing less. This only irritates those who went to schools that are increasingly less popular. I hear prestige tastes like chicken.

[Anonymous]

We toured it over Spring Break and DC really liked it. On the list.