Anonymous wrote:Kenyon is popular in this area for many reasons. First, there are lots of Kenyon grads in the DMV, most of whom are in policy work in one form or another. So you just meet a few of these folks, find that they are bright, accomplished and nice, and before you know it you are suggesting it as something to explore for your DC. Two, statistically every entering class has a high percentage of kids from the mid-Atlantic. I think it usually ranks second behind the Chicago area every year. So Kenyon admin spends a lot of time and resources touring the schools and following up closely with interested students. Third, and maybe its related to point 2, but the Kenyon sports teams recruit heavily in this area probably b/c there are a lot of full pay families who don't need any $. Finally, with Oberlin's recent self-inflicted wounds, Kenyon has picked up students who would otherwise have attended Oberlin.

Oh, really? Then why does the Kenyon website say that the top two states represented in its entering class are Ohio and California?

Kenyon is popular in this area for many reasons. First, there are lots of Kenyon grads in the DMV, most of whom are in policy work in one form or another. So you just meet a few of these folks, find that they are bright, accomplished and nice, and before you know it you are suggesting it as something to explore for your DC. Two, statistically every entering class has a high percentage of kids from the mid-Atlantic. I think it usually ranks second behind the Chicago area every year. So Kenyon admin spends a lot of time and resources touring the schools and following up closely with interested students. Third, and maybe its related to point 2, but the Kenyon sports teams recruit heavily in this area probably b/c there are a lot of full pay families who don't need any $. Finally, with Oberlin's recent self-inflicted wounds, Kenyon has picked up students who would otherwise have attended Oberlin.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-liberal-arts-colleges

Take a look at USNW's liberal arts rankings. I guarantee you that apart from the old women's colleges (Vassar, Wellesley, Smith, Barnard, Bryn Mawr) and the military academies (which should not be categorized as a liberal arts school in the first place) the overwhelming majority of people in America have never heard of these "top" schools.

Who cares what the majority of the country has heard of?

Aww. Come on now. It still hurts, don't it, when your next door neighbor says Haverford, Grinnel [fill in the SLAC blank]...oh yeah...that's in Boston...right...oh sorry, ain't never heard of it.

You know, not all of us pick colleges to impress the neighbors.

Perhaps not creepy neighbor Edna next door but for sure Pastor Bill, bossy boss at work, PTA mom Glenda, nosy cousin Jenny and of course l'il ole granny who scraped and scrabbled so I could attend Big State U, it's law school, marry up and spit out kids who would do better.

The people who matter understand

All people matter.

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What's the obsession with Kenyon? It barely cracks the top 30 among liberal arts colleges. It's a back of school for preppies who can't get into an elite LAC.

Anonymous wrote:Was at Kenyon for the championship soccer game versus Denison this weekend. The campus and landscape is as stunning as they say. The athletic facilities are the best I’ve seen for a liberal arts school. The student body as represented at the game seemed very much like that at Denison. Preppy kids, not very diverse. Town of Gambier is teeny and has a Hollywood set type of vibe. Granville has them beat. Along those lines I found it annoying that there were no hotel/motels in Gambier and a college town without a pizza joint is inexplicable.

Minor gripes aside, I was favorably impressed by the sights and sounds of the place. Despite all this - Go Big Red and congrats on the big win!

I think there’s some selection bias at play here with regards to the students attending the game. Those are probably the preppy kids on campus. I was just there for family weekend and you’ll see much more of a cross section of kids throughout the rest of campus. But like many liberal arts schools diversity is still an issue and they are working on this. Congrats on the win!

Was at Kenyon for the championship soccer game versus Denison this weekend. The campus and landscape is as stunning as they say. The athletic facilities are the best I’ve seen for a liberal arts school. The student body as represented at the game seemed very much like that at Denison. Preppy kids, not very diverse. Town of Gambier is teeny and has a Hollywood set type of vibe. Granville has them beat. Along those lines I found it annoying that there were no hotel/motels in Gambier and a college town without a pizza joint is inexplicable.

Minor gripes aside, I was favorably impressed by the sights and sounds of the place. Despite all this - Go Big Red and congrats on the big win!

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-liberal-arts-colleges

Take a look at USNW's liberal arts rankings. I guarantee you that apart from the old women's colleges (Vassar, Wellesley, Smith, Barnard, Bryn Mawr) and the military academies (which should not be categorized as a liberal arts school in the first place) the overwhelming majority of people in America have never heard of these "top" schools.

Who cares what the majority of the country has heard of?

Aww. Come on now. It still hurts, don't it, when your next door neighbor says Haverford, Grinnel [fill in the SLAC blank]...oh yeah...that's in Boston...right...oh sorry, ain't never heard of it.

You know, not all of us pick colleges to impress the neighbors.

Perhaps not creepy neighbor Edna next door but for sure Pastor Bill, bossy boss at work, PTA mom Glenda, nosy cousin Jenny and of course l'il ole granny who scraped and scrabbled so I could attend Big State U, it's law school, marry up and spit out kids who would do better.

The people who matter understand

All people matter.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-liberal-arts-colleges

Take a look at USNW's liberal arts rankings. I guarantee you that apart from the old women's colleges (Vassar, Wellesley, Smith, Barnard, Bryn Mawr) and the military academies (which should not be categorized as a liberal arts school in the first place) the overwhelming majority of people in America have never heard of these "top" schools.

Who cares what the majority of the country has heard of?

Aww. Come on now. It still hurts, don't it, when your next door neighbor says Haverford, Grinnel [fill in the SLAC blank]...oh yeah...that's in Boston...right...oh sorry, ain't never heard of it.

You know, not all of us pick colleges to impress the neighbors.

Perhaps not creepy neighbor Edna next door but for sure Pastor Bill, bossy boss at work, PTA mom Glenda, nosy cousin Jenny and of course l'il ole granny who scraped and scrabbled so I could attend Big State U, it's law school, marry up and spit out kids who would do better.

Better grammar…would still make you not even mildly amusing.

So that. I graduated from some no name school, then graduated at the top of my Ivy League grad class. I am still Jenny from the block, though chuckling softly when you try to diss me on my undergrad alma mater as if that shows you've got game.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-liberal-arts-colleges

Take a look at USNW's liberal arts rankings. I guarantee you that apart from the old women's colleges (Vassar, Wellesley, Smith, Barnard, Bryn Mawr) and the military academies (which should not be categorized as a liberal arts school in the first place) the overwhelming majority of people in America have never heard of these "top" schools.

Who cares what the majority of the country has heard of?

Aww. Come on now. It still hurts, don't it, when your next door neighbor says Haverford, Grinnel [fill in the SLAC blank]...oh yeah...that's in Boston...right...oh sorry, ain't never heard of it.

You know, not all of us pick colleges to impress the neighbors.

Perhaps not creepy neighbor Edna next door but for sure Pastor Bill, bossy boss at work, PTA mom Glenda, nosy cousin Jenny and of course l'il ole granny who scraped and scrabbled so I could attend Big State U, it's law school, marry up and spit out kids who would do better.

Better grammar…would still make you not even mildly amusing.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-liberal-arts-colleges

Take a look at USNW's liberal arts rankings. I guarantee you that apart from the old women's colleges (Vassar, Wellesley, Smith, Barnard, Bryn Mawr) and the military academies (which should not be categorized as a liberal arts school in the first place) the overwhelming majority of people in America have never heard of these "top" schools.

Who cares what the majority of the country has heard of?

Aww. Come on now. It still hurts, don't it, when your next door neighbor says Haverford, Grinnel [fill in the SLAC blank]...oh yeah...that's in Boston...right...oh sorry, ain't never heard of it.

You know, not all of us pick colleges to impress the neighbors.

Perhaps not creepy neighbor Edna next door but for sure Pastor Bill, bossy boss at work, PTA mom Glenda, nosy cousin Jenny and of course l'il ole granny who scraped and scrabbled so I could attend Big State U, it's law school, marry up and spit out kids who would do better.

The people who matter understand

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-liberal-arts-colleges

Take a look at USNW's liberal arts rankings. I guarantee you that apart from the old women's colleges (Vassar, Wellesley, Smith, Barnard, Bryn Mawr) and the military academies (which should not be categorized as a liberal arts school in the first place) the overwhelming majority of people in America have never heard of these "top" schools.

Who cares what the majority of the country has heard of?

Aww. Come on now. It still hurts, don't it, when your next door neighbor says Haverford, Grinnel [fill in the SLAC blank]...oh yeah...that's in Boston...right...oh sorry, ain't never heard of it.

No? Why would I care?

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-liberal-arts-colleges

Take a look at USNW's liberal arts rankings. I guarantee you that apart from the old women's colleges (Vassar, Wellesley, Smith, Barnard, Bryn Mawr) and the military academies (which should not be categorized as a liberal arts school in the first place) the overwhelming majority of people in America have never heard of these "top" schools.

Who cares what the majority of the country has heard of?

Aww. Come on now. It still hurts, don't it, when your next door neighbor says Haverford, Grinnel [fill in the SLAC blank]...oh yeah...that's in Boston...right...oh sorry, ain't never heard of it.

You know, not all of us pick colleges to impress the neighbors.

Perhaps not creepy neighbor Edna next door but for sure Pastor Bill, bossy boss at work, PTA mom Glenda, nosy cousin Jenny and of course l'il ole granny who scraped and scrabbled so I could attend Big State U, it's law school, marry up and spit out kids who would do better.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-liberal-arts-colleges

Take a look at USNW's liberal arts rankings. I guarantee you that apart from the old women's colleges (Vassar, Wellesley, Smith, Barnard, Bryn Mawr) and the military academies (which should not be categorized as a liberal arts school in the first place) the overwhelming majority of people in America have never heard of these "top" schools.

Who cares what the majority of the country has heard of?

Aww. Come on now. It still hurts, don't it, when your next door neighbor says Haverford, Grinnel [fill in the SLAC blank]...oh yeah...that's in Boston...right...oh sorry, ain't never heard of it.

You know, not all of us pick colleges to impress the neighbors.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-liberal-arts-colleges

Take a look at USNW's liberal arts rankings. I guarantee you that apart from the old women's colleges (Vassar, Wellesley, Smith, Barnard, Bryn Mawr) and the military academies (which should not be categorized as a liberal arts school in the first place) the overwhelming majority of people in America have never heard of these "top" schools.

Who cares what the majority of the country has heard of?

Aww. Come on now. It still hurts, don't it, when your next door neighbor says Haverford, Grinnel [fill in the SLAC blank]...oh yeah...that's in Boston...right...oh sorry, ain't never heard of it.

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Anonymous wrote:I know that Kenyon like so many others of that ilk want to get most of their incoming class through ED.

But what about ED2? DC has the stats to gain ED1 admission, but will not likely make it via RD. DC's first choice is a midatlantic SLAC which will likely not admit DC, even in ED. Still DC wants to try and I'm certainly not going to be the one preventing DC from chasing the dream. Still Kenyon is a strong second choice school. Long way of saying anyone with ED2 experience at Kenyon and are the ED benefits still there even if it's clear to Admissions you are the second choice?

Great question - I’d also like to know. My guess is that ED2 actually has a lot of stronger candidates who went for their high reach but still had Kenyon as #2. I’d think the school would desire these candidates.

To add, I think this is why ED2 was invented.

DP and agree re: ED2. It also is there for students who don't really get the school onto their radar quite in time to do an ED1 application. My DD fell in love with a school on a visit in October of senior year and felt uncertain about ED in general, anywhere, and felt she wouldn't have time to do a good job on a rushed ED application. The college (yeah, she talked to someone in admissions about it) was incredibly nice and said not to worry --that ED2 was there for students like her who had only just discvoered the college relatively "late" and needed time to consider the commitment. She ended up doing ED2 at that college and got in.