Kenyon College Top Questions

That Kenyon students are wealthy white kids.

A predominant stereotype is that Kenyon students are entitled, white, privileged, prep school kids who hate science and spend time studying useless and arcane subjects while waiting for their trust fund to kick in.

Kenyon students are either really preppy or really earthy/hippy.

Some stereotypes about Kenyon are: Only rich white kids come here, the social scene is terrible, and the students here have no morals.

People think that Kenyon is full of hippies and pot smokers. Kenyon girls are "heinous" and the boys are half preppy half crunchy.

I don't know of any stereotypes of Kenyon students, other than the general stereotypes of students at any liberal arts school: liberal politics, care about social justice, sandals in winter, use pot or smoke, etc.

That everyone here is a rich writer, that people who live on the North end of campus smoke and major in English and people who live on the South end of campus are frat and sorority kids majoring in parties and sports.

When it comes to the student body as a whole, there's the stereotype that as students, we're non-competitive and not quick to form cliques. Also, that we're laid-back.