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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People are overstating Grinnell’s isolation. It’s located in a rural community, but so are many SLACs - and this one has several streets of commercial activity, and a Wal-Mart, and about 20 non-chain restaurants, so it actually offers more than many (in part because Grinnell is an ag and manufacturing site and not just a ‘college town’). The town of Grinnell is virtually atop the main east-west interstate across Iowa, and it’s midway between Des Moines (45 minutes away, a surprisingly sophisticated state capital and one of the fastest growing metro areas in the Midwest, and significantly larger than Portland ME, Madison, Savannah or New Haven) and Iowa City (60 minutes away), a classic lively Big Ten university town. You could find many SLACs on the east coast that are in fact more ‘isolated’ (the primary difference between Grinnell’s ‘isolation’ and that of many colleges on the east coast is that when Grinnell kids go to a nearby city for fun, they drive past 45-60 minutes of flat cornfields rather than past suburban tracts homes, but honestly to a 20 year old that’s really not much different). I mean, Grinnell isn’t Bethesda or McLean, but I assume most posters here understand that’s not necessarily what four years of college is supposed to be about. Oh, and the average SAT score of Iowa high school students is among the ten highest in the country, and higher than in VA, MD and DC, so some commenters might want to dial down their anti-rural anti-midwestern snobbery just a bit.[/quote] OMG. Why argue that Grinnell isn't in the middle of nowhere? Grinnell has some fine qualities, but location isn't one of them. Its geography is an enormous liability. [/quote] True, location is just way too isolated, no party secene, and students are really quirky. I guess Grinnell tends to admit high IQ or gifted kids only who are happy with its middle of nowhere location.[/quote] My DC is a recent graduate and, perhaps unfortunately, could attest that there is a very active party scene at Grinnell. Many of the kids work hard and play hard. There is no pressure to attend parties, but they're there in abundance if you want them. Every weekend, there are multiple and diverse parties, from huge themed parties organized every weekend by the school to smaller gatherings. In an effort to spend time with all their friend groups, DC would traipse from one party to the next on Friday and Saturday nights, often getting to bed after 4 am, but they were nevertheless routinely unable to fit in all the parties they wanted to attend. There just wasn't enough time. Students also celebrate birthday parties and other events during the week, often by baking for one another. While DC was something of a partier, they also loved learning and studied very hard. An advantage of being at a small, residential college is that the parties are generally safe. They are usually either on campus or at student houses very close to the campus. Students don't need to drive or rely on others for rides, so there's almost no drunk driving. Also, people know one another and look out for one another. [/quote]
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