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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here, not the Kenyon college admissions employee, but following this thread because my sister went to and loved Kenyon. DCUM is [i]very high[/i] on Google results, so any admissions employee who is googling to see how people are discussing Kenyon will find this easily.[/quote]

Also NP here.   One must take a post (if it is one0 from an admission's employee with a grain of salt.   Helpful not doubt so if for "real" thanks.   But readers of this thread consider that the poster is paid to promote the school.  As a reader, most interested in hearing what current or past students have experienced.    We had a friend's DD attend and she couldn't wait to get away from it given how rural it is.  [b]We were shocked to hear it was at least a good hour away from any meaningful civilization. [/b]  But, one supposes that the student should have thought that through....if one is into "urban" living, definitely not the school to attend.  [/quote]

How do you define "meaningful civilization"?  Traffic lights?  8-lane roads?  Strip malls?  Outback-Cheesecake-PF Chang's-PotteryBarn-Generica?  If that's your definition, then it's not.  However, if meaningful civilization is drama, music, cultural offerings, an intellectual community, then Kenyon is it.  And it's got one of the most beautiful campuses around.[/quote]

PP here, Ehh, it's a pretty campus, but there are prettier in Ohio, and much prettier in New England -- I'm originally from Ohio and have been to Kenyon several times, both to visit the campus as a possible college choice and to visit friends who went to college there. I am very rural Ohio, and I understand what that entails and means for daily living. I decided not to go to Kenyon primarily because of its remoteness -- I cannot stress this enough. To attend Kenyon means that you would also be happy living within a very small, homogenous town in rural Virginia/Maryland (the locals). This is not a suburban town, but a rural town with a few village shops. No train station, airport, Uber, no Starbucks, no hipster shopping spots, etc. I think it takes a special personality to happy in such a remote location.

Halloween is the biggest event for the campus. I attended Halloween campus parties and can say that the haunted campus lore is ... a bit unique -- Gates of Hell, parts of campus built on a cemetary, etc. Ohio University, which I think has the largest Halloween celebration in the nation, has several too. However, OU's Halloween is more like Georgetown's Halloween - a bit free spirited, Kenyon's is something other than that feeling. Anyway, if your DC is into Halloween, that will be the big deal for the year.

Here is a quick link on the topic: http://www.forgottenoh.com/Kenyon/kenyon.html[/quote]

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