Opinions on Ohio Schools from Ohio residents

Yes, they draw different types of students. If you compare middle 50% SAT Math scores, they stack up this way:

CWRU 680-770
OSU 620-740
Oberlin 620-720
Kenyon 610-710
Denison 600-700

But middle 50% SAT-CR looks like this:

Oberlin 630-730
Kenyon 620-720
CWRU 600-720
Denison 590-680
OSU 540-670

So CWRU clearly leads the field in SAT math stats, with OSU second, a nose ahead of Oberlin and Kenyon. But in CR, it’s Oberlin and Kenyon edging CWRU by a nose, with OSU clearly lagging the field. Another way to look at it: CWRU and OSU are more math-heavy, with significantly stronger M than CR scores, while Oberlin, Kenyon, and denison are all more balanced. Still, CWRU students are right in the ballpark with Oberlin and Kenyon in CR scores, while being significantly stronger in M as one would expect from a school where 30% of the students are in engineering and 62% are in STEM fields. In contrast, at Oberlin about 35% of students are STEM majors, and at Kenyon only about 16%.