Grinnell

[Anonymous]

Mom went there, went there for a milestone graduation anniversary over the summer and was impressed by all their new buildings and the younger cohorts.

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Anonymous wrote:Grinnell is in the middle of serious meth towns, right next to where Mollie Tibbetts and Xavior Harrellson were recently murdered. It’s a miserably ugly town with miserable tryhard professors either micromanaging (or offering pot to) kids who weren’t accepted to Ivies. It sounds too good to be true because it is. It’s a sham school.
-Alum

Your post may convince someone who has never been there and doesn’t know anyone who attended. Unfortunately for you, most people in the DMV actually know some real Grinnell alums, so we don’t buy your take at all.

“Unfortunately for” me? WTF, like I care who goes to grinnell. OP asked and I answered. It was a total hellhole and I hated it. Did you go there?

I went there! Loved it.

I learned to be curious there. I learned that growing up in east coast pressure-cooker suburbs had made me cynical and sarcastic, and that these traits only limited me. So I learned to shed that cynicism and sarcasm, something for which I’ve always been grateful. I met people from all over the world, many of whom inspired me, and just as many who made me laugh, occasionally so hard my belly hurt. I worked hard, and I danced my butt off. I had late night conversations about quantum physics. I performed on stage. I ran through tall grass prairie. I composed music. I played club sports. I made friends that I still love deeply — saw one of them last week, will see 3 others next week.

My kid was raised with an extended family of Grinnellians, and then chose the school over several NESCACs, Davidson, other DCUM darlings. While my kid’s experience was different from mine, it also involved great friends, learning that went both wide and deep, and a profound love of place.

PP’s are right that it’s not for everyone. But when it’s right, it can be so so right.

No way would I choose Grinnell over Davidson.

That’s cool. For my kid, the appeal was that the place was full of kids who *were* willing to go to Iowa. It was a community of people who were willing to take a leap of faith, who were open to trying something different, even a little offbeat, and who were willing to make their own fun. I love that there are so many different kinds of experiences out there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Grinnell is in the middle of serious meth towns, right next to where Mollie Tibbetts and Xavior Harrellson were recently murdered. It’s a miserably ugly town with miserable tryhard professors either micromanaging (or offering pot to) kids who weren’t accepted to Ivies. It sounds too good to be true because it is. It’s a sham school.
-Alum

Your post may convince someone who has never been there and doesn’t know anyone who attended. Unfortunately for you, most people in the DMV actually know some real Grinnell alums, so we don’t buy your take at all.

“Unfortunately for” me? WTF, like I care who goes to grinnell. OP asked and I answered. It was a total hellhole and I hated it. Did you go there?

I went there! Loved it.

I learned to be curious there. I learned that growing up in east coast pressure-cooker suburbs had made me cynical and sarcastic, and that these traits only limited me. So I learned to shed that cynicism and sarcasm, something for which I’ve always been grateful. I met people from all over the world, many of whom inspired me, and just as many who made me laugh, occasionally so hard my belly hurt. I worked hard, and I danced my butt off. I had late night conversations about quantum physics. I performed on stage. I ran through tall grass prairie. I composed music. I played club sports. I made friends that I still love deeply — saw one of them last week, will see 3 others next week.

My kid was raised with an extended family of Grinnellians, and then chose the school over several NESCACs, Davidson, other DCUM darlings. While my kid’s experience was different from mine, it also involved great friends, learning that went both wide and deep, and a profound love of place.

PP’s are right that it’s not for everyone. But when it’s right, it can be so so right.

No way would I choose Grinnell over Davidson.

That’s cool. For my kid, the appeal was that the place was full of kids who *were* willing to go to Iowa. It was a community of people who were willing to take a leap of faith, who were open to trying something different, even a little offbeat, and who were willing to make their own fun. I love that there are so many different kinds of experiences out there.

Wonderful for kids who don't care for southern culture or Greek life. My kid is one of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Congrats! My DD was also accepted. We didn’t get as much merit ($17 k).

How would it be if you aren’t woke?

How easy is it to get to and from campus from DC?

There are nonstops from DCA to Des Moines. For school breaks, Grinnell runs shuttle buses to and from the airport. It’s more difficult if you’re traveling outside of breaks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Diploma mill in corn country. Skip. Just send your kid to UMD.

Grinnell is a top SLAC. UMD is the diploma mill in a trashy suburb.

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Anonymous wrote:Diploma mill in corn country. Skip. Just send your kid to UMD.

Grinnell is a top SLAC. UMD is the diploma mill in a trashy suburb.

DP. PP’s post was willfully ignorant, but surely we can say that without insulting other institutions.

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Anonymous wrote:Why on earth they are ranked 11 by US News

Because an endowment approaching $2 million per student can buy a lot of great profs, resources, and facilities.

Until it runs out.

[Anonymous]

It is EXTREMELY isolated and increasingly dangerous. Meth town. The townies are bad news.

[Anonymous]

Hilarious to see a bunch of idiots talking about one of the top SLAC.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why on earth they are ranked 11 by US News

Because an endowment approaching $2 million per student can buy a lot of great profs, resources, and facilities.

Until it runs out.

Weird and not especially financially literate comment but okay

[Anonymous]

The comments here are wild. If anyone is considering, make sure you talk to people who actually know the place well, and/or don’t have an axe to grind.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why on earth they are ranked 11 by US News

Because an endowment approaching $2 million per student can buy a lot of great profs, resources, and facilities.

Until it runs out.

Weird and not especially financially literate comment but okay

Right. Wouldn’t that be true for every college endowment?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is EXTREMELY isolated and increasingly dangerous. Meth town. The townies are bad news.

The streets around campus are wide and leafy, filled with classic midwestern craftsman and Victorian homes with broad porches. There’s an independent cinema, a family owned shoe store where your kids can buy warm boots and Birkenstocks, a foodie restaurant with craft cocktails, an indie coffee shop, a great farmers market, a decent little grocer, garden club planters on every block, lots of parking, a preschool where students volunteer or work or do research on developmental psychology. There’s not a lot of anything, it’s true, but the feel everywhere near campus is that of a sleepy midwestern town.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is EXTREMELY isolated and increasingly dangerous. Meth town. The townies are bad news.

The streets around campus are wide and leafy, filled with classic midwestern craftsman and Victorian homes with broad porches. There’s an independent cinema, a family owned shoe store where your kids can buy warm boots and Birkenstocks, a foodie restaurant with craft cocktails, an indie coffee shop, a great farmers market, a decent little grocer, garden club planters on every block, lots of parking, a preschool where students volunteer or work or do research on developmental psychology. There’s not a lot of anything, it’s true, but the feel everywhere near campus is that of a sleepy midwestern town.

Talk about student stress levels and outcome. Also, is it really so elite or just another LAC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:It is EXTREMELY isolated and increasingly dangerous. Meth town. The townies are bad news.

The streets around campus are wide and leafy, filled with classic midwestern craftsman and Victorian homes with broad porches. There’s an independent cinema, a family owned shoe store where your kids can buy warm boots and Birkenstocks, a foodie restaurant with craft cocktails, an indie coffee shop, a great farmers market, a decent little grocer, garden club planters on every block, lots of parking, a preschool where students volunteer or work or do research on developmental psychology. There’s not a lot of anything, it’s true, but the feel everywhere near campus is that of a sleepy midwestern town.

Talk about student stress levels and outcome. Also, is it really so elite or just another LAC.

Not elite. Boring and full of SJW tryhards who couldn’t get into an ivy.