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[quote=Anonymous][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]

I don’t really agree that Kenyon is a back up school but the others are slightly better. Also, Oberlin isn’t similarly located because it’s in a town with much more going on than Gambier, which has a small hotel and one restaurant and nothing else. Oberlin has a new hotel and restaurant, about 10 other places to eat, a movie theater, two coffee shops etc. and they are all across the quad. Grinnell has a town as well but it’s slightly further away and has fewer shops and restaurants but the campus is lovely. I’ve never seen Carleton so I can’t comment there. Of the three I know, Oberlin has the most to offer overall. [/quote]

Oberlin is definitely not considered academically stronger than Kenyon.  Kenyon is generally considered more intellectually rigorous than Oberlin and Oberlin more "artsy"  Both are in small towns, but Oberlin has a bit more built up around the college in large part because of the performing arts aspect of the school.  Carleton and Grinnell are considered  above both Kenyon and Oberlin--though it depends on programs.  [/quote][/quote]

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