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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It would be nice to be at a school that was a top three pick for most enrolled students. A yield of 18% is low.

For comparison, and because I like Minnesota, Carleton's yield was 37%, Macalester's 23% and St. Olaf's 28%. All better locations than Gambier, OH, so maybe it's that. [/quote]

Well, if half the kids are attending ED, it in fact is the top pick for half the class.  In any event, yield is a pretty dumb way to choose a school.  It's mostly a function of how well the college plays the yield management game as well as financial aid generosity.  Kenyon's endowment is lower, so financial aid isn't quite as good, and they lose students, most often to Grinnell and Carleton in fact, per their website. There is no question Grinnell has more money and is more difficult to get in. If that is why a kid likes about the school, just that it's fairly hard to get in, then he or she should attend that school.  But it's like marrying a girl or boy just because a lot of other people seem to be interested in her/him.[/quote]

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