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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Always wise to check first year retention rate for any school being given serious consideration.

First year retention rates: (Data for period 0f 2017 through Fall 2020)

Kenyon 90%
Grinnell 90%
Oberlin 89%
Denison 88%

According to US News, there are 41 LACs with retention rates above 90%.

90% is very good, but not excellent.[/quote]

This data is iffy, but it makes sense that lower ranked schools see more transfers than higher ranked schools.  A few kids for whom it was more of a Likely than a Reach maybe feel they can climb the ladder.  Nowhere for you to really climb if you are already at Williams or Amherst.[/quote]

Agree with this although I think the reason [b]why kids transfer from Williams to say Columbia would apply to Kenyon[/b] -- some kids realize they really miss being in or near a city. [/quote]

What does that mean?[/quote]

NP- seems like kids may transfer for all kinds of reasons.  I've heard: 1) too small 2) too large 3) too cold 4) too rural 5) too urban 6) too far from home 7) not making friends 8) health/mental health 9) family circumstances.  The one thing that seems constant though is that they are less likely to transfer FROM highly ranked schools because it's pretty hard to justify.  Kids may be unhappy at HYP but most of the time the rational thing to do will be to make the best of it.  If a kid is unhappy and there is upgrade potential, or even if not particularly unhappy, you can see the temptation to send out some transfer applications. [/quote]

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