Kenyon vs. Colorado College vs. Oberlin

gsrp
Mon, 18 Jul 2011 04:24:19 +0000

I do not know much about Oberlin but we sent one child to Colorado College and another to Kenyon. Both had very different experiences and both thoroughly enjoyed their college years. Each are great schools and we felt our kids received top notch educations. Our Cc child is now an attorney and our Kenyon child is in grad school in the medical field.
A few differences:
CC has a ‘quieter’ weekend life…the Block Plan is rather academically intense in terms of cramming and jamming so much info into 3.5 weeks, that the kids use their block breaks to take off to the Mtns and surrounding areas to get away and unwind. There are a lot of off-campus distractions.
Kenyon - since the campus is not very close to a city nor does it have many off-campus distractions, the campus life is very vibrant 7 days a week. The Middle Path also creates and environment for daily on-going interaction with other students.

It all depends what you are looking for. Our Kenyon student would not have enjoyed the Block Plan and therefore chose not to apply. Our CC child chose CC for the Block Plan. He was a procrastinator and the block plan ‘forced’ him to keep up on his studies, and as an athlete, packing one text book on road trips made it a nice fit.

Good luck with your choice. You have 3 great schools to choose from :)