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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The simmering virtual of certain recent posts against Kenyon is odd.  It’s an awesome excellent liberal arts school.  A large percentage of grads go on to grad and professional school.  The alum network is very enthusiastic. If you are serious about pursuing a liberal arts education, you should explore it.[/quote]

This. You can certainly begin a path to Wall Street at Kenyon, but you’ll also get an excellent, well-rounded education. You’ll become a much improved writer, thinker. Wall Street could use a few more people like that. [/quote]

Lol. You're not going from Kenyon to Wall Street. [/quote]

Lying Ted Cruz’s wife went to wall street from Pomona College. I am sure it can be done from Kenyon. [/quote]

Pomona is leaps and bounds better than Kenyon.[/quote]

In what way(s)? Be specific.[/quote]

NP. But I will address this. Both Pomona and Kenyon coincidentally report that 53 percent of their students submit scores.

For Pomona the ranges are: 730-770 verbal, 750-790 math, 33-35 ACT
For Kenyon the ranges are: 700-760 verbal, 670-760 math, 31-34 ACT

So the 50th percentile Pomona student basically looks like the 75th percentile Kenyon student.

Pomona is among the most selective LACs in the US. It may in fact be the hardest one of all to get into.

Based on student test scores, though, “leaps and bounds” doesn’t seem like a fair claim.
As far as other variables- quality of faculty, facilities, etc- hard for me to imagine any of these SLACs have significant quality differences and for the most part it comes down to subjective judgment. 
They are both excellent schools. Perhaps Pomona can be more fairly described as “truly exceptional” given its selectivity. [/quote]

Yeah the fact that some kids at Pomona did slightly better on the SAT than Kenyon kids doesn't seem like it will make your Pomona education "leaps and bounds" better than your Kenyon education.

Lots of colleges try to sell you on the idea that "more selective equals better education" but meh not necessarily.[/quote]

yeah, perhaps "leaps and bounds" may be more accurately described as "slightly."[/quote]

Not even that, unless you believe that your student will have a slightly better experience being with classmates who scored ever so slightly higher on standardized tests.[/quote]

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