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Overall Experience
Kenyon -
Gambier, OH
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Kenyon College is a small school in rural Ohio. There is no student union, and our “town” is one block long, the weather is unpredictable at best, and half the dorms are said to be haunted. English, our most popular department, sends out its majors to work at supermarkets. However, you still wouldn’t be able to ask any current student or alum, “Do you like Kenyon,” without setting aside at least 45 minutes for the answer. Kenyon casts a spell on everyone that passes through it—all the things that might initially make it sound unappealing are, in the end, what make the place so special. No one else will ever have a college experience quite like a Kenyon student. Everyone at Kenyon is there for the simple reason that they want to be. They have not come for the glamour of a big city, and they have not come because of an Ivy League name to drop at parties. They have chosen Kenyon in spite of all its deficiencies, or perhaps, because of them. Our isolation simply means that there is nothing to distract us from learning and from each other. Stuck up on this hill, we really have no choice but to reach out to one another. The reason no one locks their doors is the same reason that most “private” parties are open to the whole campus. As a freshman, you might make a new best friend because you’re both wearing the same Yankee’s cap. As a senior, you might make a new best friend because you’ve sat next to each other in the library for three weeks in a row. This unnaturally close community encourages and expects you to open up to all these non-strangers around you.
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"The people are incredible and have made my college experience wonderful. Kenyon is the perfect college for anyone who is serious about their studies, and life in general. And of course, you’ll have an incredible time." |
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"The best part about the Kenyon experience is the feeling that you get from being there—a feeling that is not quantifiable, and requires a first-hand knowledge of the place to understand. It is not merely one aspect of community, but rather the sum of many things that contribute to this feeling of comfort and warmth that Kenyon seems to exude." |
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"Kenyon’s a place where all the smart but quirky kids from high school came. We like to learn for learning’s sake, but we also like to have fun. We play sports, we sing a cappella, we star-gaze, and we play ultimate Frisbee. There’s definitely something to be said for 1,600 kids who want to spend four years in the middle of nowhere. We care about our education, but we really care about who we learn with. The people here are awesome, and if you take the time to get to know people, you’ll always be presently surprised. Cliché? Maybe, but I think it’s true." |
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"The main thing about Kenyon is the tradeoff between niceness and iconoclasticness. Kenyon greets you with a warm welcome because everyone here is just so darn nice. But at the same time, since nearly everyone is nice to everyone else, the campus dynamic is just a little more flat than it could be. Speaking for me, the most important thing I was looking for was feeling at home. This is certainly true at Kenyon College, so for me, the tradeoff was definitely worthwhile." |
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"I believe everyone at Kenyon has a ‘Kenyon moment’ that turns a switch and makes you truly appreciate Kenyon for all its good and bad aspects, because with everything considered, it is a one-of-a-kind and wonderful place. As a disoriented freshman, I got lost trying to find the observatory for a Physics lab at 10 o’clock at night during the first week of school. I was somewhere near the athletic facilities, and I asked a lacrosse player if he knew where the observatory was. He said ‘no, but I have a car—we can go look for it.’ So at 10 p.m., after sports practice, a complete stranger drove me around for a half-hour looking for the observatory. It was a completely unnecessary, yet benevolent gesture that I will always remember. It was one of my first impressions of Kenyon students, and one that they’ve certainly lived up to since." |
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By The Numbers
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Full-Time Undergraduates:
1,611
Part-Time Undergraduates:
23
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Total Male Undergraduates:
767
Total Female Undergraduates:
867
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Overall Acceptance Rate:
38%
Early Decision Acceptance Rate:
72%
Early Action Acceptance Rate:
Not offered
Regular Acceptance Rate:
36%
Total Applicants:
3,808
Total Acceptances:
1,462
Freshman Enrollment:
467
Yield (% of admitted students who actually enroll):
32%
Early Decision Deadline:
December 1
Early Decision Notification:
December 15
Regular Decision Deadline:
January 15
Regular Decision Notification:
April 1
Must-Reply-By Date:
May 1
Students Enrolled from Waiting List:
8
Transfer Applications Received:
124
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Transfer Applications Accepted:
21
Transfer Students Enrolled:
15
Transfer Application Acceptance Rate:
16%
SAT I or ACT Required?:
Yes, either
SAT I Range (25th–75th Percentile):
1230–1420
SAT I Verbal Range (25th–75th Percentile):
620–730
SAT I Math Range (25th–75th Percentile):
610–690
SAT II Requirements:
None required, although scores will be considered if submitted.
Freshman Retention Rate:
93%
Top 10% of High School Class:
50%
Application Fee:
$45
Common Application Accepted?:
Yes
Supplemental Forms?:
Yes
Admissions Phone:
(800) 848-2468
Admissions E-Mail:
Admissions Web Site:
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