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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just checked out their pre-health advising page. Not too impressive. I guess they couldn’t find a single veterinarian alum to profile, but the found an art therapist.

Off our list.[/quote]

I went to Denison. My college roommate is a vet. So there’s at least one.[/quote]

My DC went to Denison.  Had several excellent job offers to choose from.  Happy working and earning a great salary.

It has become pretty competitive, admissions-wise.  Adam Weinberg is fantastic.[/quote]

I'm the PP who mentioned the pre-professional vibe there -- and there's definitely nothing wrong with getting a great job out of college, but the admissions presentation was very focused on what they called their "outcomes" to the expense of everything else and that was very off putting to us.

At other LACs that we visited, they talked about their academic philosophy, the types of classes you'd be taking, the history of the school and some of its traditions, the experience you'll have on campus, but we didn't get that at Denison. The presentation was very focused on where the kids would be working when they graduated. For my daughter, who is planning on getting her PhD, it just didn't have the right vibe for her (even with potential merit).  [/quote]

That’s fine, a given college needs to be the right fit.  I agree that Denison has a pre-professional vibe to it.  If that doesn’t work for you, then yes, look elsewhere. I disagree that Denison does not have an academic philosophy or history and traditions, maybe that was not emphasized during your visit, I don’t know.

I do think the liberal arts are having an increasingly hard time selling themselves given rising tuitions and the job market. Denison is pivoting to adapt to that.

Plenty of Denison graduates go on to graduate and professional school, and in fact, off the top of my head I can think of several of DC’s classmates who have entered PhD programs.  I think that DC will go to graduate school as well at some point, just not right now.

I graduated from a NESCAC school a million years ago, and my DC had a much better experience at Denison in every way than I did at my alma mater in the 80s.  Not surprisingly, Denison alumni are far more loyal and generous with donations than my alma mater alumni are.

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