<p>I really liked Kenyon when I visited this fall, but I did not get a good view of how it aids students in finding internships or studying abroad. Is it very complicated and expensive to be able to study abroad through Kenyon? Does the college guide the students in finding good internships? I am very aware of Kenyon’s reputable academic standing, but I want to know more about how it helps students build up their resumes with other experiences. Also, does it help prep for graduate school because I’m thinking about going to law school? </p>
<p>I’m torn between Elon University and Kenyon!!!</p>
<p>Help!</p>
<p>Studying abroad while you are a student at Kenyon is not of great difficulty or expense. I believe more than half of Kenyon students study abroad at some point during their college careers. With the exception of the Kenyon-Exeter program these students usually use one of the many programs that facilitate OCS off campus study for students from many college or apply directly to a college in another country as a sort of exchange students. Kenyon is helpful in this pursuit there is, I believe, an office of off campus study responsible for helping you and approving your plans as well as ensuring that you receive credit for the work you do. It is generally less expensive to study abroad than attend Kenyon, and scholarships and financial aid will often transfer over to a program elsewhere.
As for internships and jobs, Kenyon has the CDC, center for career development not disease control, which is pretty good about helping students find internships and externships. I can’t speak in great depth about this, but many of my friends have great internships lined up for the summer in New York or Chicago at major corporations, law firms, research institutions or medical practices. It generally takes great grades and recommendations to land such opportunities, but that’s true everywhere. </p>
<p>As for Elon vs. Kenyon,
Kenyon is significantly more selective and, in all livelihood, more academically challenging. Plus, your job prospects and ease with law school admissions are probably better if you’re graduating from Kenyon. Having said that, Gambier weather can be a drag and Elon is nice. It’s also less expensive by 15k+ a year.</p>
<p>kenyon has a pre-law adviser, but no pre-law major or minor (there’s a concentration in legal studies). As far as law schools are concerned that’s just fine. Seriously, read any law schools bit about preperation and they’ll tell you the most important aspects are a strong demonstration of a commitment to academic study and scholarship and an obvious desire to pursue law. Basically that means get a good GPA, great LSAT scores and lie a ton about your obsession with supreme court cases and whatever else you can think of.</p>
<p>Good Luck with the choice. Sorry, I don’t edit posts.</p>
<p>As long as you have the drive, anything is possible. Cliche, yes, but very true at Kenyon. You want an internship every break you’re at home? You can do it. The CDC will help with making the connections but it takes a willingness on your part to look for it using our alumni/externship database. It’s not hard at all especially considering that the CDC provides workshops on how you can do it. As long as you find someone you’re interested in “externing” with, they’ll contact the individual with you and then hope for the best. It’s an amazingly easy process. I have friends who have externed for National Geographic, Ann Taylor, book publishers, etc. It’s crazy who Kenyon knows.</p>
<p>And by externship I mean a 3-5 day internship as opposed to one over a course of a few months, etc. Unfortunately those bigger internships you have to seek out but the CDC, by all means, will help you out.</p>
<p>And as far as going abroad is concerned it’s not that hard either. You’ll probably talk with your adviser to see if it’s feasible first of all – ie. have you fulfilled graduation requirements? can this help you with your intended major? – and with that approval, you write a proposal from my understanding requesting what you will get from the program and so forth. And then you hear back yay/nay. Even if they deny your application they usually provide you with feedback to get accepted because they want to make it possible for you. Also, the Kenyon curriculum allows you to go abroad for a semester or a full year your junior year.</p>
<p>Ps. Ditto to what the guy above me said.</p>
<p>I know Kenyon grads in law school at Duke, Harvard, Boston College, Stanford and Wake Forest(I know it is only #40 or so, but it is well respected in the south) among others. I think everyone would agree with me that if your ultimate goal is a top law school then Kenyon is the best choice of these two schools.</p>
<p>Thank you so much everyone!
The information is greatly appreciated, and I can’t wait to visit Kenyon again in a few weeks!</p>
<p>D spent a semester in Africa and it was actually a little cheaper than a semester at Kenyon. </p>
<p>Don’t assume it’s a big extra expense. Also, the college is highly focused on overseas study and there is a team to help. Remember, if you have a country in mind, you will probably need to speak the language of that country.</p>