Jewish Life at Denison

Midwestmomofboys
Tue, 16 Apr 2019 19:40:31 +0000

For what it’s worth – Denison is the kind of school which is like that story about the blind men and the elephant . . . . it gets described differently based on a person’s own experience. Diversity among students and diversity of experience was a priority for my kid and he found it at Denison. While there are lax bros and sorority girls, there are also lots of kids in the arts, film to hip hop to musical theater and jazz ensembles, there are social and political activists, sustainability kids who live at Homestead etc. My kid has enjoyed that most people don’t fit stereotypes – the sorority girl who is a film maker, the athlete who is social/political activist. Denison is more diverse than a lot of LACs, about 20% first gen, 20% international, 20% Pell grant eligible, about 35% non-white. I think the current percentage is about 18% Ohio residents. Kids from Boston, New York, DC/Northern Virginia/Maryland, Charlotte, NC, Chicago area are fairly common hometown areas. My kid knows a bunch of CA and Colorado kids as well. Posse students come from Chicago and Boston.

I’d ask Admissions for contact information for student representatives from Hillel to meet with/communicate with, to get more detailed information about Jewish life on campus.