thank you!!
Second the Short North, lots of energy, people watching and good food!
I’d also recommend that anyone visiting campus eat at the Broadway Pub in Granville – often a wait to be seated, but you relax outside on the benches and watch village life go by. And get some Whits after dinner . . . .
Places to stay in Granville: the Granville Inn is a large Tudor style home converted to a lovely hotel and run by the College, nice wood paneled bar plus a patio for drinks (and meals?) Buxton Inn is across the street from the Inn, a collection of several smaller houses, all converted to hotel rooms. Raspberry Room – 2 BR and 2B – was great for traveling with our student so everyone could have privacy. There are some GREAT airbnbs in town too, walking distance to everything. We miss our visits to Granville, such a treat.
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Just wondering, does anyone know the acceptance rate of this year(class of 2025)?
I believe it was 28-29%. Over 9400 applications.
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Love your name. My daughter calls me that too. Would you mind sharing the amount of your merit aid. Trying to get a feel for the range.
He was offered 30K.
We had a wonderful in-person visit. I am so impressed with their admissions team and the student guides. t
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My son’s a student guide at Denison, so it’s nice to hear this (even if it wasn’t him personally you toured with!). It really is a wonderful school. Hope you got to see a bit of Granville.
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We did see Granville, it’s picture-perfect, like a movie set!
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Any tips for getting off the waitlist, I really wanna go to Denison 
Denison’s website is kinda overwhelming… like yahoo, if you know what I mean. I wonder if they have a suggestion box for this kind of stuff? I wish they could improve that.
Do you recall what kind of scholarship it was? In state? Alumni? Do you mind sharing his stats? I am trying to get a feel for my daughter’s offer.
In our experience (as a parent of recent grad), merit awards typically range from about 1/4 to 1/2 tuition. When my son was admitted, there were a handful of full tuition awards that went to students admitted to Stanford and Ivies, but following this board since then, it looks like that full tuition merit has been phased out and no longer exists.
As parents of girls – who are less likely to struggle in adapting to college than at least the 17-18 year old boys I know – this may be less of a concern for you, but I appreciated Denison’s policies about gpa and keeping the award. At other schools where my son had merit, it had a gpa requirement by the end of 1st year and, if the student did not meet that gpa, the merit award disappeared completely, which would have made those schools unaffordable for us. When I thought about my varsity athlete who was used to a highly structured IB diploma schedule and who hadn’t (actually, not just told me he hadn’t) partied – the possibility for an unpredictable adjustment to college life was real, including some disappointing grades. I took comfort in the fact that Denison’s gpa requirements are checked at the end of sophomore, not 1st year, and that if a student was below a 3.0 at the end of sophomore year, the merit was reduced to the next tier down but did not disappear altogether. I thought that reflected a more balanced, wise approach that took into account the realities of 1st year.
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I remember investigating this policy as well. I included it as a “pro” for Denison on a pros and cons summary regarding a couple of S19’s top choices. He got mad at me for including it, but it gave me peace of mind!
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I think they may have even dropped it down to 2.0!
Hi NJDad22. Can I ask how your daughter feels about her premed classes. My son is looking at Colgate, but has heard alot about the grade deflation practices there. Of course he realizes he has to work really hard regardless of where he attends. But this is a concern. He also like Denison. We read online the med school acceptance rate is 40%, but another page on the Denison website stated the acceptance rate was 75%. I know it’s all dependant on grades and MCAT. Does you daughter have research opportunites? Appreciate any info you could provide.
Hi Sheilak. Through the first 2 years I have not seen any grade deflation at Denison. My daughter has received very high grades in all of her science/premed requirements. As you say, Denison says their med school admit rate is 75% but who really knows.
My daughter is currently doing research for one of the biology professors and plans to be on campus this coming summer to complete additional research. The Summer after her freshman year, she did volunteer consulting at a life sciences company through the Denison’s Red Frame lab partnership.
My perspective is you can’t go wrong with either Denison or Colgate as they are both excellent LACs.
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Did your daughter end up going to Denison? If so, how does she like it? My daughter is someone who has had trouble finding her tribe in high school (quirky, non-judgmental, accepting), and is hoping that Denison may be a good fit. Some comments suggest that it is Greek life dominated and preppy, but others say that it is a non-judgmental / do your own thing kind of environment (including being in Greek life and being preppy). Any input is welcome.
I’m perhaps too much of a cheerleader, but my Denison non-greek life athlete son had an incredible experience. In high school, he was the kid who was friends with kids from all across the school, not with just a single “type” and he was really drawn to Denison’s openness in that way, he felt he could keep growing and meeting new and different types of people – and he certainly did! There’s everyone from kids living at the Homestead – the organic farm – kids playing bluegrass, kids who are activist, kids who are incredibly sophisticated artists, international students, jocks, greek life, and many, many all around nice kids who get along with everyone. My own view is that the greek life, preppy, jocky steroptye is very outdated – are there kids who fit that description? Sure. But my kid saw those same kids going through athletic recruiting at Kenyon, Bates, Grinnell etc. Few schools have no one who fits that description. My kid’s experience was that it was a welcoming, non-judgmental community, with no single dominant “type,” other than really nice kids. Good luck in your search!
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I wish we had more Denison parents of daughters participating on CC, but I can second @Midwestmomofboys with respect to my son’s experience. He is a current Denison student (I’m amazed to realize he’s already a junior!) who grew up overseas and went to international schools, so he was used to an environment where all sorts of differences were just part of normal life. When he started looking at colleges, he was very put off by schools where he detected any kind of partisan or cliquey vibe. He’s an American, but this would be his first time living in the States, and he wanted to be somewhere where he could meet and mix with all kinds of people. I was actually surprised when he decided that Denison was the place based on a campus visit, but he was right. Maybe it’s part of a long-term campaign to kill off that tired old “Greek and preppy” stereotype, but the school really does put a lot of effort into making the school a place where people feel encouraged to mix it up socially and academically, and it seems to work. They set the tone with a number of pre-orientation trips and experiences that naturally bring together a broad range of kids right at the beginning, and I think the GE requirements are also helpful - my son looks forward to taking classes in new areas in part because he knows he’ll meet new people. He has a terrific group of friends at Denison, some Greek and some not, some athletes and some not, some preppy and some not. He also counts as friends a number of his professors, and they are also a very diverse, interesting and supportive group.
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