What is Kenyon College?
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A sick-ass school full of kids who are pretty smart but have other priorities than just academics. Lots of hipsters and bros, but there are also plenty of people don't fit into stereotypes but get along fine with those who do. Professors are pretty chill, the swimmers are D3 gods (D3, but still), the campus looks like Hogwarts and the chicks have been looking better in recent years. Students know how to party; Shock Your Mama and Summer Sendoff are Keystone-fueled shit shows, but students do everything else pretty well too, from saving the environment to putting on theater productions to forcing unwanted members of the administration to resign.
Alumni include Rutherford B. Hayes,
Ivy League Kid: You go to Kenyon College? Like, Africa?
Kenyon Kid: No, in Ohio, and I get some every weekend because liberal arts schools have a sweet guy-girl ratio, and there isn't much else to do other than study or party or go hiking in the wilderness.
Ivy League Kid: Sounds fun, but I have to go write fourteen essays and postulate some calculus theories.
Kenyon Kid: I'll probably get a higher-paying job than you because I do a ton of extracurriculars. Peace out.
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Small expensive liberal-arts college in the middle of nowhere - Gambier, Ohio. Once a bastion for
All Kenyon College students look alike.
Kenyon once loved acid and pot, now they love coke and the Postal Service.
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A small liberal college in the middle of nowhere. They think they are better than everyone else in the middle of nowhere.
I get the best education at Kenyon College. I major in Cow tipping and chicken plucking.
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Kenyon College is SO much better than any of those IVY league schools...
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