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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]St. Joe's
Quinnipiac
Xavier
Denison
CNU
Marquette (farther)[/quote]
Denison is a tough admit! Now 17% ish. [/quote]

Yeah but that seems likely fudged somehow because when you look at their stats the SAT average is not that high (and they are TO). Maybe they get a ton of Int’l apps for some reason?[/quote]

There's a tendency on DCUM to assume Denison’s acceptance rate must be "fudged" but that overlooks what’s actually happening. Perhaps the explanation really is that people want to go there?

International enrollment at Denison is very typical for a selective SLAC. Denison’s acceptance rate has decreased over the past decade as demand has increased. That’s how their acceptance rate has gone down. [url=https://denison.edu/campus/president/speeches]Strong leadership[/url], [url=https://www.highereddive.com/news/career-services-colleges-denison-univesity-president/717141/]a top-tier career center[/url], [url=https://denison.edu/campus/athletics/feature/158011]championship-level athletics[/url], [url=https://10best.usatoday.com/awards/granville-ohio/]a great college town[/url], and proximity to Columbus are all part of that demand.

Princeton Review ranks Denison #2 for best career services and #4 for best classroom experience. It also ranks #2 for happiest students, #6 for best quality of life, and #7 for students who love their college.

US News named Denison the #4 most innovative national liberal arts college for the second year in a row and moved it up 20 spots to #29 for best undergraduate teaching.

There’s also more going on than test-optional policies or the lack of supplemental essays. Most SLACs (and many top universities) are test-optional now, and many don’t require supplementals. If that alone drove lower admit rates, we’d see a ton more schools in the same position. That's not happening.

As for SAT scores: Denison attracts a wide range of students by design. It’s academically serious but not cut-throat, and it values curiosity, leadership, and potential, not just high test scores. A lot of students apply because, unlike some of the other SLACs, they know they actually have a chance of getting in.

https://denison.edu/fast-facts

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