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Kenyon College
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Private Liberal Arts College Presentation
103 College Rd, Gambier, Ohio 43022
Jamie Chau Brian Pham Cynthia Ta
History of The Sing
- annual tradition to welcome the incoming class where the first year students sing the 3 Kenyon songs in front of all the other classes
Kenyon Tradition
- gone on for 5 decades
About
Honor code
Any student can report any academic infraction by presenting the evidence to an instructor where the instructor or staff member would then do the same thing, but present the evidence to a higher power, which is the chair of department or program.
Mission Statement
Kenyon is an academic institution with ideas expressed ago from Plato's academy. His ideas were to spread to humans to inform them the importance of their own humanity and inspire them to work with others to create a better humankind, which students today carry throughout with them in their time in Kenyon. Kenyon stresses the significance that students learn and develop, intellectually and socially, from their fellow classmates, professors, and staff members and from their own responses to corporate living.
https://www.kenyon.edu/directories/offices-services/registrar/course-catalog-2/administrative-matters/kenyon-college-its-mission-and-goals/
Class of 2022
Student Profile
- 6,152 applications
543 accepted and enrolled
- avg gpa: 3.97
Class rank (c/o 2021)
- top 5% of their class: 47%
- 10:1 student-faculty ratio
- 99% of faculty holds a Ph.D or degree in their field
- common class size is 15
- total enrollment: 1680 (from 48 states and 49 countries)
- men: 47%
- women: 53%
- students of color: 20%
Rates
Acceptance rate: 26%
(class of 2018)
Four Year Graduation Rate: 86%
Freshman Retention Rate: 93%
Campus
Campus
- 1000-acre campus
- 500-acre nature preserve
- rural area
Academic and Recreational Centers
- Peirce Hall
- Olin and Chalmers Library
- The Middle Path
- Brown Family Environmental Center (500 acre nature preserve)
- Bolton Theater
- Horvitz Hall
- Franklin Miller Observatory
- Gund Galley
Athletics
Athletics
- The Kenyon Athletic Center
- 22 intercollegiate sports, 11 men's and 11 women's, within the North Coast Athletic Conference (Division III)
- 30% of Kenyon's students participate in varsity athletics and/or intramural competition
Ladies
- Softball
- Tennis
- Track & Field (outdoors and indoors)
- Volleyball
Sports
- Basketball
- Cross Country
- Swimming & Diving
- Field Hockey
- Golf
- Lacrosse
- Soccer
Lords
- Lacrosse
- Soccer
- Tennis
- Track & Field (indoors and outdoors)
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Cross Country
- Diving
- Field Hockey
- Football
- Golf
Club sports
- ballroom dancing
- ultimate frisbee
- squash
- club swim
- club soccer
- rugby
- fencing
Student Organizations/Clubs
- Black Student Union
- Kenyon College Athletes for Equality
- Kenyon College Hillel
- Kenyon College Dramatics Clubs
- Kenyon College Ballroom Dance Club
Majors
Popular Majors
- English
- Economics
- Political Science and Government
- Psychology
- History
English
Description:
- Most popular major
- Introductory courses for first- and second-year students
- courses requiring independent research and promoting greater degree of critical and theoretical self-consciousness, understandings of historical and cultural contexts, theoretical issues, and stylistic and generic subtleties
- creative writing: receive instruction in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction prose
- advanced students can engage research in its honors program
After Kenyon:
- Teacher, editors, writers, education coordinators, publishers
Application Checklist:
Admission
- Common app and personal statement
- minimum of 18 units of academic work in a college-preparatory program
- either the SAT R or ACT required
- Counselor and teacher recommendations
- Secondary school report (high school)
Personal Statement:
The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?
Personal
Statement
- looks for extracurricular activities
- challenges
- interest in Kenyon
Scholarships
- Approximately 22% of Kenyon’s students receive some form of merit scholarship
- 65% receive some form of financial aid
- 43% receive need-based aid from college funds and government-sponsored programs
- 50 percent of students receive need-based financial aid, with the average aid package exceeding $43,000
List of Scholarships
- Kenyon Promise Scholarship: $10,000 per year
- National Merit Scholarship: $1,000 per year
- Studio Art and Music Scholarship: $15,000 per year
- KEEP (Kenyon Educational Enrichment Program) Scholarship: need-based for first-generation college students and students of color
- Kenyon Honor, Science, and Trustee Opportunity Scholarship: $25,000 per year
- Distinguished Academics Scholarship: $15,000 per year
- Newman’s Own Foundation Scholarship: need-based for the socioeconomically disadvantaged
- S Georgia Nugent Award in Creative Writing Scholarship: $15,000 per year
Fun Facts
Fun Facts
- Kenyon's swimming and diving teams have won 34 men's national championships and 23 women's national titles.
- Over 70% of the classes have 15 students or less.
- At the spacious dining hall, Pierce Hall, foreign language tables are a tradition, where students can learn different languages such as Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, Italian, French, German, Russian, or Hindi by dining together.