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[quote=Anonymous]I went to Kenyon. When researching schools the description of the campus 'amidst the cornfields' was a huge turnoff, but somehow we visited it anyway. Loved it.

The professors really load on the reading and papers. All the tests are bluebook. The only problem, for me, with the rural setting, is that the school was the only viable employer and they limited my hours. In a more town or urban setting, I would have controlled my schedule and worked more hours. Otoh, this made it a more intense intellectual experience -if your child wants that. It can be that some undergrads choose less challenging loads and party more, but I hung out with the more intellectually motivated. It's a small school so they are always actively promoting your involvement. If you want to run something, study something, do something or make something, there is no line.

I would describe the culture as gentry liberal. A sibling of mine went to Oberlin and it was far more into various elaborations of PC than Kenyon.

While it had frats I would never equate it with a truly Greek school. The frats are in campus housing, not separate houses. There was only one sorority and in my time it was regarded as an eccentric choice.

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