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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why pay big bucks for Kenyon when Carleton, Grinnell and Oberlin are all better and similarly located in small midwestern towns?  Kenyon is a backup school. [/quote]

Not sure why you have to knock Kenyon.  They are all great peer schools.

Checkout the movie, Liberal Arts.  It's setting is Kenyon College.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqIuv_JX5wM[/quote]

+1. I have a kid applying to Kenyon, Oberlin and Grinnell (Carleton has no merit aid for donut hole families, or my kid would definately apply there).   I grew up in a small town, and see no problem with my kid getting outside of the DC bubble for 4 years. If you grow up in the DMV, you miss out on the fact most of American is not like the DMV.  They have wonderful, diverse, motivated peer groups at the schools. But they can also understand what we mean when we say that the DMV is much more affluent and much more educated than most of the country.  You need to get along with all sorts of people to succeed.

As to Kenyon, by the numbers it’s is harder to get into than Oberlin or Grinnell.  My kid should be able to get decent merit aid out of Oberlin and Grinnell.  She may get into Kenyon, but significant merit aid seems unlikely. It’s a great school. Especially the writing program. [/quote]

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