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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] Part of it is me trying (and failing) to translate a moody teen. Kenyon purposely keeps a small numbers and class size to intro creative writing to effectively cap the majors, so all the amazing classes you'd want, you cannot get unless you can pierce through this cap. Her list currently has Uchicago, Pomona, Reed, Tufts, Davidson, Haverford, Bryn Mawr, and Macalester, which is pretty reasonable and most would solve her complaints.[/quote]

[b]Except a kid who is Kenyon material isn’t going to get into any of these except maybe Macalester.[/b][/quote]

Interesting. I always thought those LACs (with the obvious exception of U Chicago) were similar to Kenyon in terms of reputation and academics. When I went to high school during the dark ages, Kenyon had lots of interest from kids who also applied to Haverford, Swat, Oberlin, Vassar, Tufts, Amherst, Williams etc. They all seemed to attract similar students. Times have changed, I guess.  [/quote]

[b]Kenyon is definitely a level below Haverford, Swat, Vassar, Tufts, Amherst, Williams.[/b][/quote]

Really? How so?  I get that it loses points for its dreadful location and it’s not exactly a STEM powerhouse (VERY few SLACs are) but is there a substantial difference in terms of quality of education and student outcomes between Kenyon and the other SLACs on list? very curious about the (perceived?) hierarchy of SLACs and the extent to which a school’s location determines its selectivity. [/quote]

As one data point, Williams and Amherst are ranked as "Lower Semi Targets" for investment bank recruiting in this list, while Kenyon is not included at all: https://www.peakframeworks.com/post/ib-target-schools[/quote]

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