<p>I’m a Kenyon student, but I have friends who go to Oberlin and I compete against their teams in sports. The biggest difference is probably the campus feel. Oberlin is pretty well integrated into a mid size town whereas Kenyon really is the town. I don’t know how to explain the difference, but if you visit both colleges you’ll get the idea. </p>
<p>I guess when people think Oberlin they think of crazy liberal hippies who are smoking something. It’s not as though Kenyon is in any way shape or form conservative, but for example when Obama won the election at Kenyon people just went crazy with their car horns and such, at Oberlin roughly 20 gay couples decided to have an Orgy in the middle of the town square to celebrate (no BS). So, in many ways Oberlin is more hands on liberal. </p>
<p>Kenyon is best known for its English majors. </p>
<p>Oberlin has a much larger endowment.</p>
<p>Oberlin is slightly more selective based on average SAT.</p>
<p>Oberlin students will tell you that Kenyon students as pretentious rich ducks who aren’t as smart. There’s probably some truth to this.</p>