Denison University
Location: Granville, OH (rural, small town)
Size: 2,258 students
Avg percent need-met: 100%
Acceptance rate: 28%
Middle 50% ACT: 29-33 **Test Optional**
Middle 50% SAT: 1280-1450 **Test Optional**
Denison is a Midwest liberal arts school with an East Coast feel. Critical thinking and intense academic involvement are a way of life here, with brilliant professors leading small, intimate classes. Its location is somewhat isolated, but the solid community makes up for it, and a strong support network exists to provide students with whatever they might need. Denison students are a diverse, energetic bunch that participate in a plethora of extracurricular activities, both on campus and off.
Popular majors / known for: Communications, Economics, Biology, Psychology
Academic approach: Liberal arts. Denison's Learning Guide encourages students to center their learning on asking questions, being creative, taking risks, maintaining integrity, and showing courage.
Fun fact: Buzzy the buzzard is the unofficial mascot because the woodlands and fields around campus attract a lot of vultures
Check out campus photos here!
Similarity to Yale
A liberal arts school with rigorous academics, including Denison Seminars which allow sophomores and juniors to get a personalized and interdisciplinary education
Strong alumni network that helps students find great jobs
Application Details
RD deadline: January 15th
Priority deadline: N/A
Supplemental essays: No
Application fee: $0
On Common App: Yes
CSS profile: Required, due January 15th
Interviews: Important
School also featured in: Business and Econ, Pre-Health, Good Merit Aid, Midwest Schools