<p>Lewis. I lived in Mcbride (and loved it!) but a lot of my friends lived in Lewis too. Plus, it’s just a little closer to classes.</p>
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<p>Wow, is this a bogus post? There is so much wrong with this statement, I don’t know where to begin. First, didn’t you visit Kenyon? You sound surprised by “cold and snowy.” Did you consult a map to check the location of Ohio? Second, you seem to equate an intellectually stimulating environment with math and science, as if anything in “theater/english” isn’t or can’t be intellectually stimulating. Could it be that you are just bad at the humanities? Third, nobody cares that you’ve been waitlisted at a couple of Ivies. Finally, why on God’s green earth did you even apply to Kenyon? It sounds like you didn’t do your homework before filling out college applications.</p>
<p>bobmarley,</p>
<p>Kenyon has a lot to offer any student looking for a challenge and I have to say that you are the first and only person I have ever heard question the academic and intellectual integrity of the Kenyon community. Students and professors alike choose Kenyon to be surrounded by intellectually engaged peers looking to challenge themselves.</p>
<p>The Kenyon classroom awoke my passion for learning in a way I could never have anticipated. My professors both challenged and supported me in the classroom, while also taking the time to find out more about my interests to guide me in meaningful ways outside of the classroom. One professor was so incredible that after one class with him I changed my major from natural sciences to humanities and asked him to become my advisor!</p>
<p>As for your fear Kenyon is too English/Theater-y. We absolutely have a proud tradition of producing phenomenal writers, actors, and people all over the show business world. However, did you also know that Kenyon has an absolutely state of the art science quad? We also have world renowned scholars in the natural science faculty. Michael Levine is a world expert in psychology, Joan Slonczewski is doing leading E. coli research, the list goes on. In addition, I have peers who are now at Ivy League med schools after four successful years of independent research in the Kenyon labs.</p>
<p>One final note, not just to bobmarley’s doubts, but to anyone considering Kenyon: I just successfully completed my graduate school application process. I could NOT have done it without the support and advice from not one but three Kenyon professors who took the time to help me. They helped me choose programs, ask the right questions, and even helped focus my personal statement. I was admitted to every program to which I applied and also offered substantial fellowship funding to each program as well. Throughout the process I felt confident because I knew how well Kenyon prepared me.</p>
<p>I hope this helps calms your nerves. You are in for a life changing, enlightening, and challenging experience at Kenyon – in and out of the classroom.</p>
<p>wow plainsman, that’s pretty harsh…</p>
<p>There are brilliant people at Kenyon, and it’s certainly an academically stimulating place. There may be more emphases on theater and English, but the science and math departments are superb and tend to have the most intelligent students in my opinion. O course it’s natural to have second thoughts, but I think you’re creating some concerns for yourself that are baseless.</p>
<p>Also, yes Lewis > Norton</p>
<p>They’re basically the same dorm but Lewis is closer to everything.</p>
<p>I’m currently enrolled at Kenyon but I just got off the waitlist to Bates. I know you’ve already spoken about the similarities/differences but I feel so conflicted right now and anything would seem helpful! I’ve really only got a few days to decide… the reason why I chose Kenyon in the first place was because I loved the type of people that were there… the personality of the school. I’m visiting Bates this week and I feel that the two schools are SO similar that I can’t make up my mind! I live in NY and the only thing that seems to be the difference is location. People keep telling me Bates would have more New Yorkers as alums as an after college kind of thing. Should that make such a difference in my decision?</p>
<p>Hi peers, is there really a plus for one who lives in the first year quad?</p>
<p>bluesky-</p>
<p>I have a significant number of friends at Bates and have visited the school many times as I live in near by. There is a significant difference in location, but I think you’re looking at that difference in the wrong way. I don’t actually think Bates would have significantly more New Yorkers than Kenyon because such a substantial portion of Bates student base comes from closer to home, i.e. Boston, and likely return there after graduation. Kenyon actually draws more students from New York State than any other state aside from Ohio, and my guess is that a school’s geographical draw for admissions is roughly equivalent to where its alumni end up working.</p>
<p>In terms of the differences, the biggest one is the location. Anyone who knows anything and is being honest with you will tell you that Lewiston sucks. I wish there was a more eloquent way to put that without sacrificing accuracy, but I don’t think there is. If the schools seem similar enough and location is your primary concern, choose Kenyon. The farmland and rolling hills that surround Gambier beats the dump often refereed to as the City of Lewiston every day of the week except Sunday (The religious people in Ohio make Sunday a little weird sometimes, as the state shuts down on Sunday morning; you wont find that in Maine). </p>
<p>Aside from that they are fairly similar schools. Both small, both expensive, both have great faculty and so forth. I suppose I’ll add that Kenyon has a nicer athletic center, nicer science buildings, and a better English department, while Bates has better living arrangements. </p>
<p>Good luck with the decision.</p>
<p>kingdomchild-</p>
<p>first year quad = way to go</p>
<p>buildings are nicer, rooms are bigger, grassy area is more pleasant, and people will actually be able to find your room</p>
<p>additionally, if you decide to go crazy and riot, unlike those sorry sapps across the way who have to deal with their riot-proof dorms, you’ll be able to living on the quad
(if anyone posts something about the dorms not really being riot proof, that person is quite simply a mosquito)</p>
<p>I chose to live in the quad, and put Norton as my first choice and Lewis as my second. What’s the difference between the two? I mean I know they’re sister dorms/mirror images but are there any slight differences? Because everyone on these forums ranks Lewis higher.</p>
<p>Lewis is closer to the rest of campus, otherwise they are basically the same thing.</p>