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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kenyon has the top DIII swim team -- that's why my kid applied.[/quote]

Kenyon is without question a back up school for kids who really wanted but got rejected from the Northeast schools.  Grinnell and Oberlin are for kids who are not interested in the northeast. [/quote]

Kenyon has amazing facilities and is very beautiful [/quote]

Doesn’t mean it isn’t a back up school.  Its yield is pathetic.  [/quote]

Why so much emphasis on yield? Maybe they are just less oriented towards artificially managing down yield versus other schools.  First, almost half the class gets in ED. So these are students who are obviously making it the first or second choice (ED1/ED2) even if they are being strategic about it (which applies to every school, I think a lot of Hamilton ED applicants would theoretically go to Harvard if they could get in).  But second, maybe they are more willing to cast a wide net in the RD round versus other schools to make sure they get the best students they can, with the knowledge that many will not enroll.  If you are only admitting students who you feel highly confident will enroll, you are letting very good students who might enroll slip away.  The quality of the student body that does enroll is what really matters, not the games the admissions office plays to appear selective.  So look at the CDS data and draw your own conclusions.

The midwest LACs are more inconveniently located versus the abundance of east coast LACs- so it is logical that they would be de-prioritized for east coast families and in that sense not often make it as a first choice.  But that's ok.

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