College Decision

Colleges and Universities A-Z Kenyon College
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I have been admitted to 7 different liberal arts schools and while I have some preferences I have been unable to visit all of them and would like to hear some other thoughts
Obviously money matters and if anyone has an experience where a school I have gotten more scholarship from has revoked money later or a school that has given you more money after appeal please let me know

Did anyone who is now at Kenyon get into some of these schools and possibly have a similar decision? Any advice?

Whitman College ($13,000 merit)
Kenyon College ($25,000 merit)
Willamette University ($24,000 merit)
Wesleyan University (about $11,000 in grants/work study)
Carleton College (about $15,000 work study/grants)
Macalester College (about $14,000 merit)
University of Redlands (about $30,000 merit)

Waiting: Pitzer

For students possibly looking at schools to apply to here are the other results I got

Wait-Listed: Grinnell
Rejected: Claremont Mckenna College

I am IB Diploma Candidate, 5 HL Classes, 4.02 Weighted GPA (about 3.8 unweighted I think), Super-score SAT (660 CR, 650 Writing, 760 Math/2070 Composite) done lots of clubs/sports if you have any questions as a high-school student feel free as well

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Personally, I’d push you towards Wesleyan, but that’s because I think it’s virtually perfect. You can appeal aid anywhere, and often using grants from other schools will help push them to bump up your aid. I don’t think Kenyon would bump up your aid any higher, unfortunately. Their award is already extremely generous and you only have one higher scholarship and it’s from a less comparable place. Hope that helps.

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What was your rank order prior to receiving financial aid information? Have you factored in transportation costs? What do you want to study?

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Some information about your preferences and goals would be helpful - possible major, do you prefer urban/rural, geographical preference, how much do you care about the weather? Are you more intense or more laid back intellectually? Introverted/extroverted? Extracurricular interests? Interested in partying or not? Etc.