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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She did none of her homework about the location or academic departments before enrolling at Kenyon. Now she’s outsourcing her transfer search to mom, who is outsourcing it to internet anons.

I predict this will not go well.

[b]Better off staying at Kenyon[/b].[/quote]

Not if OP’s DD is miserable there. What about Oberlin? Denison? Miami U? I agree with the other suggestions in neighboring states,  Macalester, Carlton, and of course U Chicago, which also has an excellent English department and CW program. I’m curious about your DD’s displeasure with Kenyon, other than its location. English and Creative Writing are the College’s “crown jewels” and I’ve only heard great things about their humanities programs and social science programs.  Best of luck to your DD and kudos to her having the courage to change course. [/quote]

[b]There's a really small amount of space for her major in Creative Writing, and she's actually struggled a bit to get the pre-req classes, which really was a surprise to me.[/b] You used to need to apply, but now it is based off course registration time. She also feels there's not much overall support for the humanities (this likely won't change no matter where she goes), but she's looking for a place that has more talks and outside academics coming in and lecturing. And the overenrollment has really gotten to her, and apparently living conditions are terrible.[/quote]

New poster. Re: the bold above: My DD visited Kenyon and Oberlin with an eye on their creative writing programs and was told point-blank at Oberlin that it can be very difficult to get into not just the pre-req classes but the major classes as well; the profs want things small, small, small and selective. So I'm not super surprised if Kenyon is like that too. I would advise looking at Oberlin, as things might have changed and my information is based on one comment by one admissions officer several years ago; it's in a small town but nowhere near as small as Gambier.

I also second Emory as a place she might want to visit. Also: I know this next one is not a LAC, but was she aware that Johns Hopkins has a strong and well-regarded creative writing program? (JHU is not all pre-meds, no matter what DCUM thinks. And it's in a city and East Coast. Baltimore-bashers will cry about crime but if your DD were in Boston there'd be crime there too.) If Philly is of interest, I don't know if there is a creative writing undergrad program at Temple, but there is a creative writing MFA so possibly it has an undergrad program as well. Again, a larger place than she wants, but she needs to realize that her desired major and her desired location/size/setting are not necessarily going to dovetail perfectly.
 
Your DD could have been mine circa 2018, with the interest in LACs, writing and not being super isolated.[/quote]

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