This is a thread for people who attend, applied, or are interested in the five selective liberal arts colleges of Ohio: Oberlin College, Kenyon College, Ohio Wesleyan University, College of Wooster and Denison University.
Feel free to share any info related to these schools.
<p>poeple post on the schools in various threads.</p>
<p>I would LOVE to attend Oberlin, and I'm considering Kenyon. Oberlin is probably #2 or #3 on my list, pretty much equal with Brown, and Case. I know quite a few people who attend Denison.</p>
<p>I'm going to Kenyon in the fall :)</p>
<p>congratulations lainey! What made you consider Kenyon?</p>
<p>Thanks! I initially looked at Kenyon because I'm planning on majoring in English and their English program is so strong. Once I was on campus though, I was hooked.</p>
<p>I haven't visited it yet, but I do hope to. I love the fact their science program is getting much better, since I love too many things lol. I've never even been to Gambier, Ohio.</p>
<p>The newer science buildings are really nice too, so that's a plus. I've heard good things about their science programs...I'm also from to Ohio and it was a first for me too. Gambier is SMALL.</p>
<p>Oh yes I know. My sister goes to bowling green, and they have this ultra tiny mall they call the small. I think being from such a big city I'll have an adjustment, since most places I'm applying to are more isolated. I don't have really good stats or anything, so I'll surely be nervous next year waiting.</p>
<p>Well good luck when the time rolls around next year. Where else are you looking at? Gosh, this time last year I knew nothing about the whole college thing. </p>
<p>But, about Kenyon one thing I would suggest is making a contact through email with your area's admissions counselor. I did this and I think that it really helped me out a lot (because I don't have amazing, out of this world stats either) I wasn't annoying but I think he knew who I was in the end. I also had an interview when I visited.</p>
<p>Oh, I was oblivious to the fact that you already said where you are looking at. Heh. Nevermind.</p>
<p>well, actually those are the dream 3</p>
<p>on my radar are: OSU, Purdue, NYU, UNC-CH, Georgetown, Yale, Columbia, UVA,</p>
<p>Is anyone going to Wooster or Ohio Wesleyan among the Ohio Five schools?</p>
<p>We visited Denison. I wasn't planning on liking it -- but I was impressed. The campus is beautiful. Many new buildings. Older buildings in great shape. They're building apartments for upper-level students. Friendly, mostly white students. Town is cute, but nothing going on for students there. Pretty close to Columbus, which is a big college town. Seems like a good career office and internship program. Anybody apply? Any current students? We did a drive-by for Kenyon. Didn't have enough time to stop - but I think we may go back since it's not far. The new athletic facility looks amazing.</p>
<p>I have a close friend who goes to denison on a full scholarship (ranked 5th in class). There isn't much diversity in most of ohio, much less in the small towns. It's going to be a lot more homogeneous than out-of-staters expect I think.</p>
<p>Celebrian, Columbus isn't a big city lol! I am here right now!</p>
<p>Celebrian, if you like brown and Oberlin look into Vassar. Very liberal/ open minded and easier to get into than Brown.</p>
<p>It's one of the bigger ones in Ohio, and it's big compared to other ohio towns. Downtown columbis is pretty big, especially with OSU, I mean 800,000 people do live here.</p>
<p>I guess living in New York, grown up in Chicago, and having gone to Dartmouth (and been surrounded by Boston) Columbus seems like a cow-lumbus, just kidding! Its a moderately sized city.</p>
<p>Anyway, why not Vassar, have you looked into it? Seems totally up your alley. I have spent a lot of time there and it seems like a perfect match. You might also like Skidmore (another place I have hung out and thought was liberal/ cool).</p>
<p>Shoot- Sorry to hijack this board, on topic soon I promise.</p>
<p>I really like vassar, I just haven't had enough time to really look into it yet. I think skid is too artsy for me, but I really don't know much about it.</p>
<p>Cool, yeah check Vassar out. Its an awesome place. Skid is more artsy, not sure where you sat on that spectrum. Also, you like Case? I am not sure why, compared to the others on your list (UVA, Brown, Yale) its quality of life is rather the pits ( I have hung out there too, the kids didnt seem to like it at all!)</p>