accepted!
Daughter accepted with 20K in merit. 35 ACT, 3.98 UW GPA, solid ECs.
Okay so a few weeks ago in my portal my application was marked as complete and then today I go to look at my decision and it says Kenyon has not received my school report. I emailed my admissions counselor to find out why this happened, but I’m going to be very disappointed if I cannot still be considered since I did everything on my end. I understand these mistakes happen and Kenyon is such a great place that I still really want to have a chance attend this fall. Praying everything works out 
@ChaosParent23 I really want to know about this because I applied and kinda thought I would get it
Accepted! Very happy 
33 ACT 3.8 GPA
International SAT 1420 IB 44 accepted with 40k
Accepted with a 15k per year music scholarship and an excellent need-based package (covers the entire cost of attendance along with music scholarship).
31 ACT, 3.9 W GPA, good ECs, and I assume some good recommendation letters!
Son was accepted. No merit, but generous need-based help. We’ll call and see what they can do. We have a solid offer from a competitor that offered $34k in renewable merit. Does anyone know if Kenyon negotiates?
@buckeyeinbama Actually I have that they will. But, if your S didn’t get any merit at Kenyon, they aren’t going to then give him much merit money. My understanding from when we visited is that the top 10% of applicants get merit money. Some of those kids got $25k per year but some got more like $10k. They aren’t like Denison or the othe rLACs in Ohio where almost everyone gets merit.
@homerdog
Do international students get good merit aid too? I had a 1440 and almost a perfect GPA with solid ECs and essay. I got accepted in the ED2 round but didn’t get a cent as merit money. My huge financial need was fully met though. Of course, there is nothing I can do now since I have already accepted my spot. But just a bit curious
@ItsComingHome I have no idea if merit is offered to internationals. We are in the US. When I asked about merit aid, I was told that top 10% of the class is offered some merit. For us, it was an important question because we aren’t getting any need based aid.
S accepted 1470 SAT, All A’s, several AP’s, 18 college credits of dual enrollment through St. Bonaventure, 4 year starter soccer - Captain, 3 year starter basketball - captain, class president, concert band, jazz band. - $15,000 merit, no financial
Waitlisted. International looking for (almost) a full ride.
Thank you, @homerdog
We’ll give it a shot and see what they say.
@buckeyeinbama I think it would have to be a school like Grinnell or Macalester to get their attention. I don’t think money from Miami of Ohio or Wooster or Ohio U will sway Kenyon. They don’t see them as equals.
accepted~~~~ 33 act - 3.77 gpa - from nyc ~~~~ 15k merit/year
accepted. 30 act, 3.7 UW gpa. no merit. don’t plan on attending
accepted
1330 sat
3.9 UW gpa/4+ W
strong essay
strong interview
accepted
32 act, 4.0 uw gpa, URM, National Hispanic Scholar
23 dual enrollment credits,
Varsity Scholars bowl captain, science olympiad state qualifier, national honors society, class secretary, concert band, pep band, marching band.
$15,000/yr
@homerdog Well, Kenyon didn’t budge and so my son told his AO he won’t be attending. We moved from a return on investment conversation to a risk/reward conversation. Just too much potential downside financially in this scenario with the potential for spiraling debt, and starting adulthood drowning in debt is a terrible thing. My son is taking a full merit scholarship at another school… certainly not renowned… but he’ll be okay. He’s going in eyes wide open.