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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No immediate family connection to this school, but I have visited several times & have met several grads.

Beautiful campus, very nice athletic facilities, solid liberal arts academics. Small campus, low number of enrolled students, rural / isolated, lots of alcohol & weed.

Somewhat like an expensive prep boarding school atmosphere. [/quote]

Sounds like many of the NESCACs....[/quote]

My kid is at Kenyon and didn’t apply to any of the NESCACs except for Wesleyan. The others felt very different from Kenyon except that they are also small and rural, but that is one of the appeals of LACs. Life revolves around campus, which makes it a good choice for people who want that.

I think Kenyon, like any other college, is not for everyone. And, that’s okay. For the record, we’re a public school family who is receiving generous financial aid from Kenyon. My kid has many friends from different walks of life and backgrounds. I think there’s someone on here with an ax to grind about Kenyon who is trying to create a narrative that just doesn’t exist - except I have heard that there are some kids on campus that smoke weed but I don’t think that should surprise anyone that some kids smoke weed at college. [/quote]

You raise another point in Kenyon's favor - aid. Some kids may want a NESCAC but not all are as generous with merit aid for donut hole families - enough to pay in state but not enough to pay for private. So families consider Kenyon and others that offer merit aid for these kinds of families.

And LOL on the weed. From what I can tell - or smell - students smoke it everywhere.

Yes, there is someone(s) with an axe to grind against Kenyon and similar schools. Not everyone is getting into top schools, not everyone is best suited for large universities, not everyone is full pay, etc. [/quote]

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