Fairly recent Kenyon grad here. I echo what other posters have said about Kenyon being liberal but not excessively so, as you might find at other SLACs. Academics are more traditional at Kenyon and it's a great place for students who want to dive in, intellectually. One thing not mentioned in previous posts is that it that science facilities and instruction have really taken off over the past 10-15 years at Kenyon. The school is known for its English and writing programs, but it also offers a superb education for bio, neuroscience, and chem majors.

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Anonymous wrote:NP here, not the Kenyon college admissions employee, but following this thread because my sister went to and loved Kenyon. DCUM is very high on Google results, so any admissions employee who is googling to see how people are discussing Kenyon will find this easily.

Also NP here. One must take a post (if it is one0 from an admission's employee with a grain of salt. Helpful not doubt so if for "real" thanks. But readers of this thread consider that the poster is paid to promote the school. As a reader, most interested in hearing what current or past students have experienced. We had a friend's DD attend and she couldn't wait to get away from it given how rural it is. We were shocked to hear it was at least a good hour away from any meaningful civilization. But, one supposes that the student should have thought that through....if one is into "urban" living, definitely not the school to attend.

How do you define "meaningful civilization"? Traffic lights? 8-lane roads? Strip malls? Outback-Cheesecake-PF Chang's-PotteryBarn-Generica? If that's your definition, then it's not. However, if meaningful civilization is drama, music, cultural offerings, an intellectual community, then Kenyon is it. And it's got one of the most beautiful campuses around.

Sanitized lily white college campuses are NOT exemplars of "meaningful civilization."

You like crime-ridden urban areas with thugs and ho's?

Well, if (as you seem to think) that is the ONLY alternative to sanitized lily white college campuses, then YES. Why? Because that's the real world - urban, gritty, diverse, tough AND beautiful, stimulating, colorful . . . Don't be afraid to step out of the bubble.

You do have a point. Ho's are gritty, tough and stimulating.

No dog in the fight, but surely that's not the real world for the vast majority of dcum posters.

Halfway between Columbus and nowhere. It was the setting of a fairly recent movie. Good English dept by reputation. I'd go elsewhere.

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Anonymous wrote:NP here, not the Kenyon college admissions employee, but following this thread because my sister went to and loved Kenyon. DCUM is very high on Google results, so any admissions employee who is googling to see how people are discussing Kenyon will find this easily.

Also NP here. One must take a post (if it is one0 from an admission's employee with a grain of salt. Helpful not doubt so if for "real" thanks. But readers of this thread consider that the poster is paid to promote the school. As a reader, most interested in hearing what current or past students have experienced. We had a friend's DD attend and she couldn't wait to get away from it given how rural it is. We were shocked to hear it was at least a good hour away from any meaningful civilization. But, one supposes that the student should have thought that through....if one is into "urban" living, definitely not the school to attend.

How do you define "meaningful civilization"? Traffic lights? 8-lane roads? Strip malls? Outback-Cheesecake-PF Chang's-PotteryBarn-Generica? If that's your definition, then it's not. However, if meaningful civilization is drama, music, cultural offerings, an intellectual community, then Kenyon is it. And it's got one of the most beautiful campuses around.

Sanitized lily white college campuses are NOT exemplars of "meaningful civilization."

You like crime-ridden urban areas with thugs and ho's?

Well, if (as you seem to think) that is the ONLY alternative to sanitized lily white college campuses, then YES. Why? Because that's the real world - urban, gritty, diverse, tough AND beautiful, stimulating, colorful . . . Don't be afraid to step out of the bubble.

You do have a point. Ho's are gritty, tough and stimulating.

My DC is a freshman. That class is definitely less than 80% white. It is definitely rural, but also a vibrant campus with some of the best undergraduate teaching in the country.

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Anonymous wrote:So is the question is whether the school is Lilly White or the surrounding community (what little there is of it!)????

The stats are probably the same. I'd be shocked if Kenyon were less than 80% white

The US population is, like what. 65% white. You cant expect any colleage to mirror the US population entirely, as the Hispanic non-white population, for example, contains a lot of non-English speakers, etc., so it would be somewhat underrepresented in college admissions.

Harvard is about 55% white, FYI.

Curious as to the Asian/South Asian ethnic population percentage.

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Anonymous wrote:So is the question is whether the school is Lilly White or the surrounding community (what little there is of it!)????

The stats are probably the same. I'd be shocked if Kenyon were less than 80% white

The US population is, like what. 65% white. You cant expect any colleage to mirror the US population entirely, as the Hispanic non-white population, for example, contains a lot of non-English speakers, etc., so it would be somewhat underrepresented in college admissions.

Harvard is about 55% white, FYI.

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Anonymous wrote:So is the question is whether the school is Lilly White or the surrounding community (what little there is of it!)????

The stats are probably the same. I'd be shocked if Kenyon were less than 80% white

The US population is, like what. 65% white. You cant expect any colleage to mirror the US population entirely, as the Hispanic non-white population, for example, contains a lot of non-English speakers, etc., so it would be somewhat underrepresented in college admissions.

Anonymous wrote:So is the question is whether the school is Lilly White or the surrounding community (what little there is of it!)????

The stats are probably the same. I'd be shocked if Kenyon were less than 80% white

So is the question is whether the school is Lilly White or the surrounding community (what little there is of it!)????

Gambier is over 90% white, how white are lilies?

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Anonymous wrote:NP here, not the Kenyon college admissions employee, but following this thread because my sister went to and loved Kenyon. DCUM is very high on Google results, so any admissions employee who is googling to see how people are discussing Kenyon will find this easily.

Also NP here. One must take a post (if it is one0 from an admission's employee with a grain of salt. Helpful not doubt so if for "real" thanks. But readers of this thread consider that the poster is paid to promote the school. As a reader, most interested in hearing what current or past students have experienced. We had a friend's DD attend and she couldn't wait to get away from it given how rural it is. We were shocked to hear it was at least a good hour away from any meaningful civilization. But, one supposes that the student should have thought that through....if one is into "urban" living, definitely not the school to attend.

How do you define "meaningful civilization"? Traffic lights? 8-lane roads? Strip malls? Outback-Cheesecake-PF Chang's-PotteryBarn-Generica? If that's your definition, then it's not. However, if meaningful civilization is drama, music, cultural offerings, an intellectual community, then Kenyon is it. And it's got one of the most beautiful campuses around.

Sanitized lily white college campuses are NOT exemplars of "meaningful civilization."

You like crime-ridden urban areas with thugs and ho's?

Well, if (as you seem to think) that is the ONLY alternative to sanitized lily white college campuses, then YES. Why? Because that's the real world - urban, gritty, diverse, tough AND beautiful, stimulating, colorful . . . Don't be afraid to step out of the bubble.

What's this "lily white" characterization? If you have spent time at Kenyon, you would know that its student body and faculty are not "lily white."

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Anonymous wrote:NP here, not the Kenyon college admissions employee, but following this thread because my sister went to and loved Kenyon. DCUM is very high on Google results, so any admissions employee who is googling to see how people are discussing Kenyon will find this easily.

Also NP here. One must take a post (if it is one0 from an admission's employee with a grain of salt. Helpful not doubt so if for "real" thanks. But readers of this thread consider that the poster is paid to promote the school. As a reader, most interested in hearing what current or past students have experienced. We had a friend's DD attend and she couldn't wait to get away from it given how rural it is. We were shocked to hear it was at least a good hour away from any meaningful civilization. But, one supposes that the student should have thought that through....if one is into "urban" living, definitely not the school to attend.

How do you define "meaningful civilization"? Traffic lights? 8-lane roads? Strip malls? Outback-Cheesecake-PF Chang's-PotteryBarn-Generica? If that's your definition, then it's not. However, if meaningful civilization is drama, music, cultural offerings, an intellectual community, then Kenyon is it. And it's got one of the most beautiful campuses around.

Sanitized lily white college campuses are NOT exemplars of "meaningful civilization."

You like crime-ridden urban areas with thugs and ho's?

Well, if (as you seem to think) that is the ONLY alternative to sanitized lily white college campuses, then YES. Why? Because that's the real world - urban, gritty, diverse, tough AND beautiful, stimulating, colorful . . . Don't be afraid to step out of the bubble.

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Anonymous wrote:NP here, not the Kenyon college admissions employee, but following this thread because my sister went to and loved Kenyon. DCUM is very high on Google results, so any admissions employee who is googling to see how people are discussing Kenyon will find this easily.

Also NP here. One must take a post (if it is one0 from an admission's employee with a grain of salt. Helpful not doubt so if for "real" thanks. But readers of this thread consider that the poster is paid to promote the school. As a reader, most interested in hearing what current or past students have experienced. We had a friend's DD attend and she couldn't wait to get away from it given how rural it is. We were shocked to hear it was at least a good hour away from any meaningful civilization. But, one supposes that the student should have thought that through....if one is into "urban" living, definitely not the school to attend.

How do you define "meaningful civilization"? Traffic lights? 8-lane roads? Strip malls? Outback-Cheesecake-PF Chang's-PotteryBarn-Generica? If that's your definition, then it's not. However, if meaningful civilization is drama, music, cultural offerings, an intellectual community, then Kenyon is it. And it's got one of the most beautiful campuses around.

Sanitized lily white college campuses are NOT exemplars of "meaningful civilization."

You like crime-ridden urban areas with thugs and ho's?

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Anonymous wrote:NP here, not the Kenyon college admissions employee, but following this thread because my sister went to and loved Kenyon. DCUM is very high on Google results, so any admissions employee who is googling to see how people are discussing Kenyon will find this easily.

Also NP here. One must take a post (if it is one0 from an admission's employee with a grain of salt. Helpful not doubt so if for "real" thanks. But readers of this thread consider that the poster is paid to promote the school. As a reader, most interested in hearing what current or past students have experienced. We had a friend's DD attend and she couldn't wait to get away from it given how rural it is. We were shocked to hear it was at least a good hour away from any meaningful civilization. But, one supposes that the student should have thought that through....if one is into "urban" living, definitely not the school to attend.

How do you define "meaningful civilization"? Traffic lights? 8-lane roads? Strip malls? Outback-Cheesecake-PF Chang's-PotteryBarn-Generica? If that's your definition, then it's not. However, if meaningful civilization is drama, music, cultural offerings, an intellectual community, then Kenyon is it. And it's got one of the most beautiful campuses around.

PP here, Ehh, it's a pretty campus, but there are prettier in Ohio, and much prettier in New England -- I'm originally from Ohio and have been to Kenyon several times, both to visit the campus as a possible college choice and to visit friends who went to college there. I am very rural Ohio, and I understand what that entails and means for daily living. I decided not to go to Kenyon primarily because of its remoteness -- I cannot stress this enough. To attend Kenyon means that you would also be happy living within a very small, homogenous town in rural Virginia/Maryland (the locals). This is not a suburban town, but a rural town with a few village shops. No train station, airport, Uber, no Starbucks, no hipster shopping spots, etc. I think it takes a special personality to happy in such a remote location.

Halloween is the biggest event for the campus. I attended Halloween campus parties and can say that the haunted campus lore is ... a bit unique -- Gates of Hell, parts of campus built on a cemetary, etc. Ohio University, which I think has the largest Halloween celebration in the nation, has several too. However, OU's Halloween is more like Georgetown's Halloween - a bit free spirited, Kenyon's is something other than that feeling. Anyway, if your DC is into Halloween, that will be the big deal for the year.

Here is a quick link on the topic: http://www.forgottenoh.com/Kenyon/kenyon.html