Thanks for updating, OP. Kenyon’s English Dept is certainly among the very best in the country. And the Middle Path is beautiful, especially in the fall!
Thank you all 
As for DrivingDad’s comments… I have read The Gatekeepers, twice actually. As for my daughter’s GPA, the school(s) will definitely recalculate, as they should. In our case a 4.0 is impossible to achieve at our high school, it would require getting a 100 average in every class all four years, and all those classes would have to be taken at the honors level, also impossible because some required classes (PE, health) are not offered at the honors level, yet they affect GPA. No one has ever done it. The highest ever was a 3.91 several years ago (I know this because I am a personal friend of our guidance counselor and she told me). My daughter is 3.88 right now. So I think she is fine, and her 3.8, as I said, would be looked by colleges at in terms of our high school’s grading system.
I believe Vassar is a fantastic school, and I think that my d would have loved being there had she decided to pursue it and had been accepted. I do not believe students there spend all their time in their rooms. As far as we could tell on our visits the student body seemed active, engaged, friendly and dynamic.
There are so many wonderful small LACs. We visited several, some she could picture herself attending, others not quite right for her, but still great places for the right student.
It doesn’t matter anymore, as many of you have kindly pointed out to DrivingDad, my d did not apply to Vassar, she has been accepted ED2 at Kenyon.
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Very warm-hearted and gracious post. I have no doubt the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree—couldn’t help myself — and your daughter is an impressive and sensitive young woman. Kenyon is very fortunate to have her as a student.
Crew Dad et al, my apologies. I meant no offense and hope it was not conveyed in a personal tone. I was trying to share some earnest impressions and so I provided both pros and cons. I trust that’s what this blog is intended to provide and it’s certainly what we want schools to teach: critical thinking. As for a link to the Lisa Kudrow interview:
Question: “Did you go traying?”
Answer: “I heard about traying. I didn’t do it. I didn’t do anything. I didn’t do anything. I don’t know, I just had to work hard because I’m…I’m an idiot (laughter). I’m an idiot and probably had no business going to this school. I had to study all the time.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmPMevLmzfA
Again, no offense meant.
Its kind of Ironic that you mention the Gatekeeper, with Test-optional schools, as the book was written about Wesleyan, which is now a test optional school.
Not that it matters, but this isn’t a blog, DrivingDad.
Drivingdad, I’m still confused. Lisa’s statement that she had to study all the time is what the vast majority of students attending Vassar and every elite college avow.
And her comment that she didn’t do anything was made during an informal discussion and was obviously hyperbole. The Miscellany News interview noted that Lisa was a Mug Rat. I.e., a student who spends an inordinate amount of time at Matthew’s Mug, the central night spot and liquor dispensary for Vassar students.
How you came to conclusion that Lisa spent all her time in her room is beyond my comprehension. 
For further reading:https://vq.vassar.edu/issues/2002/02/vassar-today/matthew-mug.html
@apple23 - Congratulations to your daughter for getting into Kenyon. Very strong English department there as you know, and that place is beautiful in the fall. Great school!
“there’s not much growth” (#35)
OK, now I’m seriously worried about the health of the plane tree.
You can hurt yourself traying… one of my college friends cracked his tailbone doing it. For the best to stay in and study! 