<p>I was waitlisted at Kenyon this week and I am taking it pretty hard. Kenyon is my number one choice. I flew out to stay overnight, had an interview, an alumni pulling for me, etc. I understand that this was a tough year. Although I am waitlisted, and many people consider the waitlist to be the end, I still feel I have a chance. This is why I made this thread. If you were waitlisted at Kenyon, could you post if you are/are not going to stay on the waitlist and if you were accepted only post if you wont be accepting a place in next years class. Also, if you know anybody that is taking themselves off the waitlist, not accepting a spot, etc. please post. I was just trying to get a feel of just how many people will be waiting on the list and how many wont be attending at all. This thread is made to kind of give me hope lol - I don't know much about the waitlist, how many they will take off, if the odds are good, what kind of competition I am up against, etc. but I will take my chances. I will be depositing to my state university since I got waitlisted at Kenyon and rejected from Bucknell/Scripps. I told myself I would only go in debt for my top choices and if those didnt work out, then I would just go to my state school and save the money. Thank god if Kenyon decides to take me off, the deposit at Rutgers is only $125 lol- Anyone know what the waitlist looks like this year, if anyone got waitlisted last year and got in feel free to post, etc. Im hoping a lot of kids take themselves off the list right away because of another school offering them a spot or they take themselves off because they dont love it like I do lol- I think Kenyon may have gotten a lot of apps because they were free too but thats just me hoping a lot will turn it down...owell I am rambling and feeling pretty bummed out. Post anything you want about the waitlist. Any info would be appreciated.</p>
<p>anybody? bump...</p>
<p>valuable1212, i am really sorry to know abt your state. I think you should persist with your efforts. I saw the stats the other day and it was something like 1200 were accepted RD and only 300 enrolled. If you show them that you are interested, and not just begging to get accepted and hence broaden your options to choose from if you got ito kenyon, you will get in.
Hope to see you this fall.
Take care and good luck.</p>
<p>We had too many accept last year, so it is likely numbers were cut some this year. Guess it is worth staying on the list to be sure. </p>
<p>These links might be of interest:
<a href="http://www.kenyon.edu/x23853.xml%5B/url%5D">http://www.kenyon.edu/x23853.xml</a>
<a href="http://www.kenyon.edu/x1658.xml%5B/url%5D">http://www.kenyon.edu/x1658.xml</a></p>
<p>valuable - I'm sorry to hear you were waitlisted. I really think that you should let the adcom know how interested you are...it seems to help and they are nice and personable. I've heard that they really want students who want to be at Kenyon. Also, I know a few other students who applied RD for Kenyon and when I talk to them, I will let you know if they were also waitlisted. (We're on spring break now, so I haven't talked to them.) Good luck.</p>
<p>I was accepted and will not be attending. I've decided to take either a full-ride to my state school, or I will attend Rhodes College. Right now I'm pretty set on my decision to go to the University of Kentucky.</p>
<p>Hey friends, well I got accepted into Kenyon and I've definitely decided I wont be attending that fine institution, and will instead be attending Grinnell College. I hope things work out for you, and I'm sure your chances of eventual admission are improved by how much you obviously want this, because after all they want to accept the people off the waitlist who genuinely care about coming to the school.</p>
<p>valuable:
It is unlucky that you were disappointed. Hopefully, you have several good schools to choose from. It is hard for young people to believe this - but very often things work out a certain way for a good reason! My advice - don't wait around for Kenyon. Move on. You'll be glad you did - REALLY! Have faith!</p>
<p>Valuable- Jennifer Britz, the dean of admissions at Kenyon, is one of the nicer people you will meet and has helped to really distinguish Kenyon in part because of her personability. I would strongly suggest giving her a call, explaining your situation and kindly asking if she could offer any insight. That way you could receive more than just the speculation you will receive on this website and could move forward either way. Best of luck to you.</p>
<p>valuable-</p>
<p>Same situation! I visited Kenyon, fell in love, and was really hoping to get accepted. I was equally disappointed when I received the waitlist letter. There are 200 students on it, as the letter says. I talked to my admin counselor at Kenyon, who said that the number of students taken off the waitlist varies year to year. Two years ago, it was 50 students, and last year it was 10-15. She told me to write a letter to the admin office explaining my situation, saying Kenyon was my 1st choice, etc. Unfortunately, they cannot review any supplementary materials. I was recently accepted to another school I really liked (surprise!), so I'm still considering whether to try for a Kenyon acceptance. Best of luck to you!!! :)</p>
<p>they said no supp. material? does that mean we cant send grades or additional recs?</p>
<p>I asked if I could send recs or essays, and I was told that the admin board is not reviewing any supplementary material. However, in your letter you can include info on awards, school activities, grades, etc.</p>
<p>any1 else out there accepted and not going? anybody coming off the WL? lainey have you heard from your friends yet? I am so set on coming off the WL...my geographic rep. knows me personally now lol but dont worry i didnt stalk her or nething. i was looking on the old CC and it said that 4 people were taken off the waitlist last yr? but the rep told me last yr it was 12? i really hope a lot of people dont enroll so there is atleast one person coming off that WL and that person is me!</p>
<p>valuable, i really am concerned abt u so i hope u ll get in.
good luck. u really deserve to get in.
my best wishes are with u.</p>
<p>My Ds best friend was waitlisted and is equally disappointed. She is going "full court press" to make it off the wait. Luck to both of you.</p>
<p>valuable, ok, I talked today with the other kids at my school who applied to Kenyon RD. (we were supposed to go back Monday but had no electricity for about a day and a half so our spring break was extended!) One was rejected but is okay with that because he already decided on another school. Another was accepted (but there is a very very slim chance she will actually attend) and I THINK the third is on the waiting list and is going to stay on it. (I haven't actually talked to her yet)</p>
<p>I heard a lot about Kenyon (its academic excellence and strong sense of community); however, after visting, I wasn't impressed; the courses I observed were too shallow, and the community didn't have much to offer. Is there something I'm missing?</p>
<p>This is THE most negative post I ever encountered about Kenyon!! I am also awaiting for answers along with you Ziggy!!</p>
<p>Ziggy-</p>
<p>What courses did you attend? You found them to be boring and lacking substance? How did you interact with the students at Kenyon? Did you go to the market or bookstore?</p>
<p>I will answer questions if you ask them.</p>
<p>Courses:</p>
<p>Anthropology for sophmores (three weeks into class)-the teacher ranted; the concepts were too simple: materials that I had learned in honor and AP biology were covered in too much detail, it seemed like a HS lowerclass level course; the pace was too slow i.e. the teacher hadn't finished teaching about SA/V relation in 2 hours ( a concept covered in all 4 years of HS, even my sophmore year biology teacher assumed we knew it and recapped it in 2 minutes)</p>
<p>A political science course on revolutions(there were sophmores and juniors in that class)-the analysis on social revolutions was too shallow; the teacher spared no time in lecturing on the obvious i.e. the causes are multivarious; revolutions represent social changes, and that once started, their outcomes may not conform to the original ideals...Nothing substantial was taught, no lively arguments, clashings of eager minds(quite surprising concerning Kenyon's reputation as a place for budding minds) Social science courses are supposed to be full of vibrant discussions/arguments, for the nature of social phenomenon are examined subjectively; they can't be quantized and taught like formulas such as in a HS chem class</p>
<p>I went to the bookstore and market:the social interaction at Kenyon is normal, nothing extraordinary, it's no better or worse than any other college.
I stayed overnight and people in other rooms got into fights exchanging profanities(didn't have a good night sleep)</p>