Tell us about Kenyon...

[Anonymous]

Kenyon is notorious for playing the USNWR yield game. Relying heavily on ED. Rejecting super-strong applicants during RD assuming that Kenyon is a Plan B after rejection from Williams, Pomona, Swarthmore and the other Top 10ers.

My DD was stunned and saddened to here that she got deferred. Her stats got her into top NESCACs. Kenyon's writing program would actually have enticed her to come. She's happy where she is but the experience did leave a bad taste in her/my mouth.

Rejection. That's really the only theory I have for the serial and unhinged anti-Kenyon poster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kenyon is notorious for playing the USNWR yield game. Relying heavily on ED. Rejecting super-strong applicants during RD assuming that Kenyon is a Plan B after rejection from Williams, Pomona, Swarthmore and the other Top 10ers.

My DD was stunned and saddened to here that she got deferred. Her stats got her into top NESCACs. Kenyon's writing program would actually have enticed her to come. She's happy where she is but the experience did leave a bad taste in her/my mouth.

Rejection. That's really the only theory I have for the serial and unhinged anti-Kenyon poster.

Your daughter's stats may have been great, but if she was pitching herself to Kenyon as a writer, stats wouldn't have been as important as demonstrated writing ability.

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Anonymous wrote:David Foster Wallace’s commencement speech from 2005 gave Kenyon greater visibility.

Really? I've heard his commencement speech and still had no clue where/what Kenyon was, nor have I seen anything referencing it (i.e. sweatshirts, window stickers, etc).

Kenyon is a small liberal arts college in the middle of Ohio that draws students from all over the country and the world. I don't know why you'd expect to see much in the way of Kenyon paraphernalia in the DMV. Is that what you base a college's prestige on?

34% acceptance rate. It's no Williams...

Do you have a reading comprehension problem? I’m assuming you didn’t go to Williams or Kenyon. I don’t see anywhere where someone said that Kenyon was Williams so I’m not sure why you would bring them up. I also would say that if you mentioned Williams to people in the DMV many people would not have heard of it either. People don’t know liberal arts colleges. Trust me. My kid only applied to liberal arts colleges and they got a whole bunch of blank stares when they mentioned where they were applying to people who asked. The hate against Kenyon is bizarre.

Wow, I think you wet your Depends!

I commend your for your well thought out retort. We’re all very impressed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Spouse and I are grads...

- Kenyon is a solid "B" school charging "A-" tuition.
- Halcyon campus.
- Mixed name reputation. Returning to DC after graduation, I was disappointed by how many people gave me blank stares. That was a few decades ago, however.
- Re finance careers, I am aware of bankers, portfolio managers and even a Carlyle Group money man from my year, but it's not as easy a swim as it would be from an IVY or tier-1 NE SLAS. Def major in Econ and get NYC internships.
- Graduates with a good attitude and good connections can pretty much accomplish whatever they set out to do. Even write "Seabiscuit". Helpful if a classmate's parent helps open doors (I saw that several times)
- Desperate for more black students, but so are higher status schools in locations that are more appealing to them
- Enough about E.L. Doctorow, Olof Palme, R.B Hayes, Paul Newman, and Allison Janney. Endlessly rehashing them reminds us that the best schools have hundreds of famous alums, not five. (OK, there are more than five, but still...)
- At nearly $300k, I don't think the value prop is there for most humanities majors

I'm a Williams alum as is my BIL, who works for a hedge fund. That's exactly the advice he gives Williams students, including his own son. So, not just a Kenyon issue. Don't mistake selectivity for quality; there are really a lot more similarities among these SLACs than there are differences. One of my Wiilliams classmates teaches at Kenyon. He reports that students are bright and pretty similar to the kids he taught as a visitor at Pomona.

Oh, and BTW, in addition to Laura Hillenbrand, you can count John Green among Kenyon alumni.

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Anonymous wrote:Spouse and I are grads...

- Kenyon is a solid "B" school charging "A-" tuition.
- Halcyon campus.
- Mixed name reputation. Returning to DC after graduation, I was disappointed by how many people gave me blank stares. That was a few decades ago, however.
- Re finance careers, I am aware of bankers, portfolio managers and even a Carlyle Group money man from my year, but it's not as easy a swim as it would be from an IVY or tier-1 NE SLAS. Def major in Econ and get NYC internships.
- Graduates with a good attitude and good connections can pretty much accomplish whatever they set out to do. Even write "Seabiscuit". Helpful if a classmate's parent helps open doors (I saw that several times)
- Desperate for more black students, but so are higher status schools in locations that are more appealing to them
- Enough about E.L. Doctorow, Olof Palme, R.B Hayes, Paul Newman, and Allison Janney. Endlessly rehashing them reminds us that the best schools have hundreds of famous alums, not five. (OK, there are more than five, but still...)
- At nearly $300k, I don't think the value prop is there for most humanities majors

I'm a Williams alum as is my BIL, who works for a hedge fund. That's exactly the advice he gives Williams students, including his own son. So, not just a Kenyon issue. Don't mistake selectivity for quality; there are really a lot more similarities among these SLACs than there are differences. One of my Wiilliams classmates teaches at Kenyon. He reports that students are bright and pretty similar to the kids he taught as a visitor at Pomona.

Oh, and BTW, in addition to Laura Hillenbrand, you can count John Green among Kenyon alumni.

My kids were so impressed that he was an alum but not for the reason I thought - his YA novels. Apparently he also does something called Crash Course that they love.

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Anonymous wrote:Spouse and I are grads...

- Kenyon is a solid "B" school charging "A-" tuition.
- Halcyon campus.
- Mixed name reputation. Returning to DC after graduation, I was disappointed by how many people gave me blank stares. That was a few decades ago, however.
- Re finance careers, I am aware of bankers, portfolio managers and even a Carlyle Group money man from my year, but it's not as easy a swim as it would be from an IVY or tier-1 NE SLAS. Def major in Econ and get NYC internships.
- Graduates with a good attitude and good connections can pretty much accomplish whatever they set out to do. Even write "Seabiscuit". Helpful if a classmate's parent helps open doors (I saw that several times)
- Desperate for more black students, but so are higher status schools in locations that are more appealing to them
- Enough about E.L. Doctorow, Olof Palme, R.B Hayes, Paul Newman, and Allison Janney. Endlessly rehashing them reminds us that the best schools have hundreds of famous alums, not five. (OK, there are more than five, but still...)
- At nearly $300k, I don't think the value prop is there for most humanities majors

I'm a Williams alum as is my BIL, who works for a hedge fund. That's exactly the advice he gives Williams students, including his own son. So, not just a Kenyon issue. Don't mistake selectivity for quality; there are really a lot more similarities among these SLACs than there are differences. One of my Wiilliams classmates teaches at Kenyon. He reports that students are bright and pretty similar to the kids he taught as a visitor at Pomona.

Oh, and BTW, in addition to Laura Hillenbrand, you can count John Green among Kenyon alumni.

My kids were so impressed that he was an alum but not for the reason I thought - his YA novels. Apparently he also does something called Crash Course that they love.

His brother does Crash course I think.

[Anonymous]

I'm a Williams alum as is my BIL, who works for a hedge fund. That's exactly the advice he gives Williams students, including his own son. So, not just a Kenyon issue. Don't mistake selectivity for quality; there are really a lot more similarities among these SLACs than there are differences. One of my Wiilliams classmates teaches at Kenyon. He reports that students are bright and pretty similar to the kids he taught as a visitor at Pomona.

Oh, and BTW, in addition to Laura Hillenbrand, you can count John Green among Kenyon alumni.

My kids were so impressed that he was an alum but not for the reason I thought - his YA novels. Apparently he also does something called Crash Course that they love.

His brother does Crash course I think.

It looks like they both do it: https://www.du.edu/studentlife/learningeffectiveness/ My kids love it.

Also, Josh Radnor went to Kenyon for any How I Met Your Mother Fans.

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Anonymous wrote:Spouse and I are grads...

- Kenyon is a solid "B" school charging "A-" tuition.
- Halcyon campus.
- Mixed name reputation. Returning to DC after graduation, I was disappointed by how many people gave me blank stares. That was a few decades ago, however.
- Re finance careers, I am aware of bankers, portfolio managers and even a Carlyle Group money man from my year, but it's not as easy a swim as it would be from an IVY or tier-1 NE SLAS. Def major in Econ and get NYC internships.
- Graduates with a good attitude and good connections can pretty much accomplish whatever they set out to do. Even write "Seabiscuit". Helpful if a classmate's parent helps open doors (I saw that several times)
- Desperate for more black students, but so are higher status schools in locations that are more appealing to them
- Enough about E.L. Doctorow, Olof Palme, R.B Hayes, Paul Newman, and Allison Janney. Endlessly rehashing them reminds us that the best schools have hundreds of famous alums, not five. (OK, there are more than five, but still...)
- At nearly $300k, I don't think the value prop is there for most humanities majors

I'm a Williams alum as is my BIL, who works for a hedge fund. That's exactly the advice he gives Williams students, including his own son. So, not just a Kenyon issue. Don't mistake selectivity for quality; there are really a lot more similarities among these SLACs than there are differences. One of my Wiilliams classmates teaches at Kenyon. He reports that students are bright and pretty similar to the kids he taught as a visitor at Pomona.

Oh, and BTW, in addition to Laura Hillenbrand, you can count John Green among Kenyon alumni.

My kids were so impressed that he was an alum but not for the reason I thought - his YA novels. Apparently he also does something called Crash Course that they love.

His brother does Crash course I think.

It looks like they both do it: https://www.du.edu/studentlife/learningeffectiveness/ My kids love it.

Also, Josh Radnor went to Kenyon for any How I Met Your Mother Fans.

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Anonymous wrote:The simmering virtual of certain recent posts against Kenyon is odd. It’s an awesome excellent liberal arts school. A large percentage of grads go on to grad and professional school. The alum network is very enthusiastic. If you are serious about pursuing a liberal arts education, you should explore it.

This. You can certainly begin a path to Wall Street at Kenyon, but you’ll also get an excellent, well-rounded education. You’ll become a much improved writer, thinker. Wall Street could use a few more people like that.

Lol. You're not going from Kenyon to Wall Street.

Lying Ted Cruz’s wife went to wall street from Pomona College. I am sure it can be done from Kenyon.

Pomona is leaps and bounds better than Kenyon.

If your kid were going to an ivy, you wouldn’t be so star struck by Pomona.

This.

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Anonymous wrote:The simmering virtual of certain recent posts against Kenyon is odd. It’s an awesome excellent liberal arts school. A large percentage of grads go on to grad and professional school. The alum network is very enthusiastic. If you are serious about pursuing a liberal arts education, you should explore it.

This. You can certainly begin a path to Wall Street at Kenyon, but you’ll also get an excellent, well-rounded education. You’ll become a much improved writer, thinker. Wall Street could use a few more people like that.

Lol. You're not going from Kenyon to Wall Street.

Lying Ted Cruz’s wife went to wall street from Pomona College. I am sure it can be done from Kenyon.

Pomona is leaps and bounds better than Kenyon.

This.

If your kid were going to an ivy, you wouldn’t be so star struck by Pomona.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:BCC regularly sends grads there. Nice, smart kids, and often athletic recruits.

Which sports?

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Anonymous wrote:The simmering virtual of certain recent posts against Kenyon is odd. It’s an awesome excellent liberal arts school. A large percentage of grads go on to grad and professional school. The alum network is very enthusiastic. If you are serious about pursuing a liberal arts education, you should explore it.

This. You can certainly begin a path to Wall Street at Kenyon, but you’ll also get an excellent, well-rounded education. You’ll become a much improved writer, thinker. Wall Street could use a few more people like that.

Lol. You're not going from Kenyon to Wall Street.

Lying Ted Cruz’s wife went to wall street from Pomona College. I am sure it can be done from Kenyon.

Pomona is leaps and bounds better than Kenyon.

This.

If your kid were going to an ivy, you wouldn’t be so star struck by Pomona.

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At least the good ivys, amIrite??

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:BCC regularly sends grads there. Nice, smart kids, and often athletic recruits.

Which sports?

Mine is going for lacrosse from another local school, not BCC. While they are a recruit it would have been a high match for RD either way given GPA and test scores. Similar to many LAC that attract strong students from this area, it's a good school with many opportunities if you are bright and motivated and looking for that type of environment. My child really liked the setting and has already bonded with the team. Now we're just waiting for the official word from admissions.

[Anonymous]

Kenyon is great for 2/3 of its student body. The athletes make up a third, and without strong football and basketball teams, athletes in the other sports like soccer, lacrosse and especially swimming, are the BMOC/BWOC. The other thirds are the serious writers and quirky/crunch/bohemians. The other third - the normal, bright, nice kids - I'm not sure enjoy the Kenyon experience as much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kenyon is great for 2/3 of its student body. The athletes make up a third, and without strong football and basketball teams, athletes in the other sports like soccer, lacrosse and especially swimming, are the BMOC/BWOC. The other thirds are the serious writers and quirky/crunch/bohemians. The other third - the normal, bright, nice kids - I'm not sure enjoy the Kenyon experience as much.

And you say this why? Are you in touch with the 200+ students every year who fall into this "normal, bright, nice" category? You sound omniscient, which is pretty cool, but I feel the need to question how you have such specific knowledge.