Is Kenyon a good fit for me?

Motherprof
Mon, 09 Nov 2020 14:20:17 +0000

My daughter is finishing her first semester at Kenyon (on campus), and she absolutely loves it. She’s devastated that freshmen have to be remote for the spring semester (the college is trying to keep the campus de-densified, and they’ve had great success this semester with only 2 student COVID cases on campus). She identifies as bisexual, and some of her friends are non-binary or have some other nontraditional orientation. My sense is that it’s a very liberal and LGBTQ-friendly community.

The student body is predominantly white, but she has Asian and mixed-race people in her friend group and mentioned meeting more on campus. It’s not as homogeneous a community as people might think. As for academic/hobby interests, again a diverse community: she and some of her friends are into theater and music (or both), some are athletes, some major in natural sciences, some in philosophy, English, or history. The campus is beautiful, the surrounding area is hilly, and there’s a gorgeous long trail along the Kokosing river nearby, great for walking or biking.

They have a writing center to help students with the papers, if this is a concern. The econ major is one of the most popular (second to English, I believe?).

OP–I’ll be happy to put you in touch with my daughter if you want some more first-hand information, just pm me. She’s from the Midwest but my parents live in NYC, so she’s very familiar with the city and its culture, since we spend time there every year (and she was born in NYC).