<p>Anthro is easy here so that makes sense. Poyl sci is usually very heavily discussion based. I know more about science courses as they are my focus.</p>
<p>You have to be a student and live in the dorms to really know. Frosh halls are very close. I wouldn't let some random argument discourage you.</p>
<p>What about science subjects? Are they at a high quality level?</p>
<p>Our science departments are top notch. You will find the classes to be hard, but accessible with enough work. Intro bio labs are crazy, depending on the prof you pull. Dr. Itagaki is notorious for his demanding classes, along with Dr. Powell in the bio department.</p>
<p>Kenyon has great research labs and a surpising amount of top-level equipment for a liberal arts college.</p>
<p>How are the introductory language courses?</p>
<p>They are very intensive, with each intro course being 0.75 units(a normal lecture is 0.5) I believe they meet 3 times a week with 4 or more AT sessions of an hour each per week. I would have KC_Lady or another kenyon student confirm.</p>
<p>The intro courses prepare students well and with a second year of study allow for easy transition to study abroad programs.</p>
<p>motheroftwo-</p>
<p>i sat in on an intensive intro spanish and although I was impressed by the higher level classes, the intro wasnt too impressive. i am in AP spanish right now and my teacher always speaks in complete spanish, doesnt make it easy etc. the day i sat in though they were doing presentations. i am sure the intros were easy because it is for people who never took spanish before and for kids who are filling the requirements. I had no problem conversing with the teacher afterwards and he was an interesting person to begin with..just seemed, coming from a competitive high school with great foreign language teachers, that the intros could have been better. yet, I appplied to kenyon concerning modern language and literature so nothing I observed is holding me back. they have this program called KILM that helps in the language process (you can read more about it on kenyon.edu) plus they have a lot of intensive computer exercises with listening/reading. it seemed to me that they learned a lot by using the computer programs kenyon offered. i really would have had to sit in on the classes more than 1 or 2 times to understand just how fast they do move.</p>
<p>back to waitlisting;</p>
<p>i was waitlisted and am not accepting a spot.</p>
<p>back to languages (sorry!)</p>
<p>Intro languages move pretty fast, and require a lot of course time. Kenyon has pretty extensive tests during freshman orientation to place you in the correct level. I took Spanish all through high school and passed pretty easily into intermediate level classes (though I took the test to pass the language requirement and have never taken a Spanish class here).</p>
<p>(back to waitlisting)</p>
<p>FYI valuable:
I talked to the one girl I know who was waitlisted, and she is not accepting a spot.</p>
<p>woohoo! :)</p>
<p>unclerico,
My D is deciding between Kenyon and Grinnell. How did you make your choice? What factors influenced you the most? She is defintely not Preppy, but not as fat out as , say, Hampshire kids.</p>
<p>Things that made the difference for me were Grinnell's completely open curriculum which will allow me to take whatever courses I want without all the annoying distribution requirements, and also I liked the faculty and students I met more at Grinnell than at Kenyon. Kenyon is also definitely a lot preppier, although Grinnell seems to have its fair share of mainstream people. I personally just got a little bit too much of an "i'm a rich kid" vibe at kenyon, which isnt to say its a bad place, or that your daughter wouldnt prefer it. also, the price at grinnell is significantly less than kenyon, which is important to me and my parents. those are just some thoughts, maybe a bit incoherent. if your daughter hasnt visited both places, she definitely needs to.</p>
<p>Thank you, Uncle rico. The cost will definitley be a factor in choosing a school. She got merit scholarships to both schools, but the package from Grinnell makes as affordable as UC Berkeley, which she also got into. From what everyone says, I think Grinnell will be the perfect school for her.We will be there tomorrow, so I'll let you know how it goes. She thinks she wants to write, but at a school like Grinnell you can be whatever you want. Which is what attracted her to Amherst and Brown (schools who didn't accept her.)</p>
<p>Hey valuable,
I'm an international student who was accepted at Kenyon and will not be attending. In addition, I also have a friend who was accepted and will not be attending. That's two down!</p>
<p>My friend works in admissions: The waitlist this year is ~1000, yes, one thousand. It was 200 last year. I just thought this might be of interest to some of you.</p>
<p>no, the my rejection letter says they approximately waitlisted a selective group of around 200, and when i talked to the dean myself and she said around 200 were also waitlisted, just stating the facts...and when u think about it, its almost impossible to WL 1000 because 3898 applied, and they took 36% of that 1403...and if they WL 1000, they would have rejected around the same ammount they accepted.....</p>
<p>also...last year they waitlisted 580.....</p>
<p>I am just telling you that we had lots more people accept than we thought early on...that I know for sure...perhaps I got the numbers mixed around, sorry. Hopefully you get one of the spots if they open up.</p>
<p>thanks mol- im hoping for best!</p>
<p>and best you shall receive!!!</p>