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[quote=Anonymous][quote=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.[/quote]

My daughter plays one of the sports you mention and her boyfriend plays another one.  The idea that athletes at Kenyon are BMOC/BWOC is flat-out wrong.  In fact, the large number of student-athletes at Kenyon works against this.  The same is true at most SLACs, including the one I attended and the one DH attended.  With a smaller student body, you have fewer cliques, and are more likely to get to know students who are doing lots of different things on campus.  My daughter's friends include students with a broad range of interests and talents -- they're athletes, writers, pre-med students, political types, musicians, dancers, econ majors . . . . etc.  The one unifying factor seems to be that they love Kenyon -- as do all the Kenyon alums I've met.    [/quote]

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