<p>I was wondering if people could give me pros and cons of both schools. Thanks.</p>
<p>Could you be more specific, I go to Kenyon and my best friend goes to Grinnell so I might be able to help…</p>
<p>Biggest differences… (pro and con is up to YOU to decide…)</p>
<p>No Greek life at Grinnell
Grinnell has bigger endowment
Grinnell has more summer on campus research ( in my experience)
Kenyon has very rigorous honors program for juniors/ seniors
Kenyon requires senior comps, which Grinnell does not (as far as I know)
Kenyon has more course requirements ( Grinnell has a first year seminar and major requirement, that’s it!!)
Kenyon has school sponsored study abroad in Honduras, England, and Italy- Grinnell has DC and London
Anything else you would like me to cover??</p>
<p>thanks. i guess if you know anything about spanish or premed that would be helpful too.</p>
<p>Spanish- Kenyon is famous for the KILM (Kenyon Intensive Language Model). This immerses students in study of foreign language. Next year I am planning to take Intensive Intro Spanish, which meet in class for 6 hrs a week with several hours of “AT” with an upper level Spanish student.</p>
<p>My friend at Grinnell has always mentioned how rigorous he thought the Spanish Curriculum is, too.</p>
<p>Pre-Med- Kenyon has a 93% accept rate to med school with a 3.25 GPA. I am sure Grinnell is just as good.</p>
<p>thank you politicaljunkie!</p>
<p>I like how you are excited for AT…will be interesting to see how you feel after one semester, lol.</p>
<p>3.25 is too low…3.7 and above is much safer for med schools unless you can pull off a killer MCAT score.</p>
<p>Kenyon is a good school for premed (I’m sure Grinnell is as well). The 3.25 GPA must include both allopathic (MD) and osteopathic (DO) schools. Everyone in my class who was competitive for MD schools (3.6+ gpa, good MCAT) got into great programs, including the ivy league. Going to a small college affords great research opportunities as early as freshman year, although it can be a little difficult to get clinical experience in the middle of nowhere. You should look into volunteering at Knox Community Hospital. The pre-med advising from the career development center is not particularly helpful, although they do help with deadline reminders. Kenyon also has a Kaplan MCAT course on campus. </p>
<p>Good luck choosing. If one school’s financial aid is significantly better, go there (especially if you’re considering taking on $200,000 of med-school loans).</p>
<p>both are great options so the only major difference, besides personal preferences, is the funding of the program. this may not be as much of a main concern if you plan to major in a field like art history or french but for science majors you should take a close look at how well the program is funded. while kenyon has a slightly larger student body, its endowment is almost ten times smaller than that of grinnell.</p>
<p>Both are great schools. Both have very nice science facilities. Grinnell costs less–for 2009, Kenyon will costs $48,240 and Grinnell will be $45,012. Not as big a difference as last year, but if you or your parents are paying full cost, $3,000 per year is a noticable difference.</p>
<p>Collegeprep, it seems you are not fully aware of how science departments are funded. The college provides a basic level of funding for class materials and some research funds. Beyond that level each individual prof gets grants for their research. The benefit for students taking classes is that they can then use cutting edge research equipment and techniques in the classroom, all sponsored by the grants. Kenyon science profs receive very generous grants from a variety of sources including NIH, HHMI, several other government agencies, foundations and other institutions, plus some corporations.</p>
<p>In essence the size of Kenyon’s endowment does not limit the science departments.</p>
<p>thank you everyone!</p>
<p>is more like 5 or 6 to one, not the previously suggested 10:1.</p>