<p>I was just wondering what the weather is like in Kenyon, especially during the winter time. </p>
<p>How cold does it usually get? What about snow?</p>
<p>I think it is similar to New England, but less snow. At least that is what our tour guide told us. She said it did get cold, but there was often an icy/slushy mess and not deep snow very often.</p>
<p>Don’t forget that there are also many “gray” days.</p>
<p>I’ve read some discussion on Kenyon, my alma mater. In my opinion, the weather is a larger negative issue than some think and the location/remoteness is a smaller negative issue than some think. Kenyon’s campus is divided by the small town of Gambier. More than 50% of the students live on the “new” end of campus and almost all of the academic and eating venues are on the old end of campus. The school is linear, lining up along Middle Path. Mile long walks in tough mid-western weather are not uncommon. </p>
<p>In addition, someone mentioned that the spectacular recreational building is not part of the regular tour. Having done a number of college tours in recent years with my kids, I can tell you why. It’s because the rec center is at the bottom of the hill. Let’s put it this way…the walk up the hill at the end of an exhilarating workout is not the best part of the work-out. Similarly, Kenyon’s tour only touches the new end of campus. Keep the walks on the tour to a manageable length on flat ground. It reminded me of the Colgate tour. The whole school is on a hillside. Lots of uphill walks. The tour starts pretty close to the top and works its way down…and no walk over the rec complex because it’s pretty far away and when you come out of there on the tour, you’ll be looking up at the school on the hillside and realizing you have to walk back uphill a pretty long way.</p>
<p>On the other hand…there’s plenty to do. Mt. Vernon is close for access to American fast food, Wal-Mart, Home Depot etc., and Columbus is an hour away. Lots to do on campus as well.</p>
<p>^^Boarding school kids are quite used to all of this! Isolation during winter weather (thinking the New England preps here), campuses on hills much steeper than at Kenyon (and, yes, athletic facilities at the very bottom of the hill), and constant walking to get from place to place. They are young and strong. Walking is good! :)</p>
<p>And…have you visited Holy Cross? Talk about a quad-burner!</p>
<p>And some boarding school kids (my D was one) don’t want four more years of it.</p>
<p>Dadbank,
I agree with you that they do not want to take people all the way down the hill to the KAC, but being a student here it isn’t awful to have to walk down there. Yes it is a long walk, but compared to having to walk everywhere on campus it is only bad after a long workout. Also, they keep the tour to the “new” or north end because that is where freshman reside however from my memory the tour does go to the south end to show off old Kenyon.</p>
<p>I really did not think the hills were steep. I guess it all depends where you are from and what you are used to.</p>
<p>When we visited Kenyon (April '10), most of the tour was on the south end. My impression was that the KAC wasn’t on the tour because of time constraints. Our guide described it and encouraged us to visit it, which we did. It is a fantastic facility. It isn’t very far from Peirce Hall and the hill isn’t very steep.</p>