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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd throw Ohio Wesleyan in the mix.  Nice campus set in a cute town with actual stuff.  Not as quaint as Dennison or as remote as Kenyon.  Wooster was also pretty solid.  Oberlin is flakey.  Kenyon and Dennison are probably the best two from an academic perspective.  If writing is your kid's thing, Kenyon is the best choice.  [/quote]

Any idea why the graduation and retention rates are so low at Ohio Wesleyan compared to the other schools being discussed? Fewer than 60 percent of the 2018 entering class graduated within six years. That's atrocious. The most recent freshman retention rate was 84 percent, which isn't great either. It looks like a solid school on paper otherwise.[/quote]

If I had to guess, economics.  The 2018 entering class went through a pretty crappy few years in the middle.  [/quote]

Yes, and that crappy time is reflected by lower grad rates at many schools, including Denison, which dropped from 83-84 percent to 80 percent flat. But sub-60 percent is another level of bad, and Covid also doesn't explain why OWU's freshman retention rate from '23 to '24 was subpar. It feels like there must be something about the school or the campus experience that is driving students away.[/quote]

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