Grinnell

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Anonymous wrote:I’d rather my kid fly than me driving 8 hours to Upstate or New England EACH way for EACH pick up and drop off. Or worse, my kid riding in car with 19 year old driver in their 15 year old Corolla that barely starts in winter. Train line would be nice, though.

Yeah, we only do the drive at each end of the school year. Kid takes train home for winter break. Works out very well.

[Anonymous]

No. Great school for quirky. But not prestigious for future employment.

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Anonymous wrote:I would say that yes its "prestigious." Many influential and educated people will know about it. And its a fantastically wealthy school (thanks Intel!). Very hard to get to from the DMV. We flew to Chicago and then drove 4-5 hours. Or you can fly into Minneapolis for a similar drive, or fly to Des Moines and drive an hour or so. Campus was nice. I think they are pretty pro-active in getting their students to think about (and act on) jobs during college and after graduation. Ended up being my kid's second choice, but I sometimes wonder how he would have done there. For what its worth, he's as anti-woke as you can be, but I don't think that factored into his decision much.

Agree with this. We really liked Grinnell, but DC ended up in at a WASP school ED. We were a little put off by the travel issue (liked the idea of being able to drive, if possible) but have consistently been impressed by the grads we've met. Very smart and nice!

I haven't met that many Grinnell grads but the ones I've met have been smart, calm, and kind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s okay. Not WASP or really even Carleton level, but it’s a standard decent LAC with decent educators. Great for a long term career in Chicago.

This take is crazy. If Grinnell was in Western PA or the Berkshires, this board would be jocking it as much as Bowdoin. The school has tons of financial resources that it can bring to bear for students. Unfortunately, it’s biggest drawback is that it’s in the middle of nowhere Iowa. And Iowa winters are as tough as anywhere.

And you guys with the woke thing, jeez. Is it more woke than Haverford, Swat, Macalaster, Amherst, Hamilton, etc.? I doubt it. If that is really such a dealbreaker, I’m sure schools like St. Olaf, Dennison, Dickinson, Bucknell, Lafayette, Colgate, etc will fit the bill. Maybe Williams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s okay. Not WASP or really even Carleton level, but it’s a standard decent LAC with decent educators. Great for a long term career in Chicago.

Grinnell is absolutely on par with Carleton and the suggestion that its reach doesn't extend beyond Chicago is ridiculous.

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Grinnell and Carleton top 2 LACs in Midwest. Grinnell kids at all the top grad, law, med, mba programs.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s okay. Not WASP or really even Carleton level, but it’s a standard decent LAC with decent educators. Great for a long term career in Chicago.

This take is crazy. If Grinnell was in Western PA or the Berkshires, this board would be jocking it as much as Bowdoin. The school has tons of financial resources that it can bring to bear for students. Unfortunately, it’s biggest drawback is that it’s in the middle of nowhere Iowa. And Iowa winters are as tough as anywhere.

And you guys with the woke thing, jeez. Is it more woke than Haverford, Swat, Macalaster, Amherst, Hamilton, etc.? I doubt it. If that is really such a dealbreaker, I’m sure schools like St. Olaf, Dennison, Dickinson, Bucknell, Lafayette, Colgate, etc will fit the bill. Maybe Williams.

That’s why it isn’t a peer. It’s in a poor location with little impact on the coasts like the WASP colleges. It has money, but not more than its peers, and it really doesn’t have the best post grad outcomes. It’s at the level of Bryn Mawr.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s okay. Not WASP or really even Carleton level, but it’s a standard decent LAC with decent educators. Great for a long term career in Chicago.

This take is crazy. If Grinnell was in Western PA or the Berkshires, this board would be jocking it as much as Bowdoin. The school has tons of financial resources that it can bring to bear for students. Unfortunately, it’s biggest drawback is that it’s in the middle of nowhere Iowa. And Iowa winters are as tough as anywhere.

And you guys with the woke thing, jeez. Is it more woke than Haverford, Swat, Macalaster, Amherst, Hamilton, etc.? I doubt it. If that is really such a dealbreaker, I’m sure schools like St. Olaf, Dennison, Dickinson, Bucknell, Lafayette, Colgate, etc will fit the bill. Maybe Williams.

That’s why it isn’t a peer. It’s in a poor location with little impact on the coasts like the WASP colleges. It has money, but not more than its peers, and it really doesn’t have the best post grad outcomes. It’s at the level of Bryn Mawr.

Here are the Slac rankings by endowment per student:

Amherst
Pomona
Williams
Swarthmore
Grinnell
Bowdoin
Wellesley
(Dartmouth)
Smith

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s okay. Not WASP or really even Carleton level, but it’s a standard decent LAC with decent educators. Great for a long term career in Chicago.

This take is crazy. If Grinnell was in Western PA or the Berkshires, this board would be jocking it as much as Bowdoin. The school has tons of financial resources that it can bring to bear for students. Unfortunately, it’s biggest drawback is that it’s in the middle of nowhere Iowa. And Iowa winters are as tough as anywhere.

And you guys with the woke thing, jeez. Is it more woke than Haverford, Swat, Macalaster, Amherst, Hamilton, etc.? I doubt it. If that is really such a dealbreaker, I’m sure schools like St. Olaf, Dennison, Dickinson, Bucknell, Lafayette, Colgate, etc will fit the bill. Maybe Williams.

That’s why it isn’t a peer. It’s in a poor location with little impact on the coasts like the WASP colleges. It has money, but not more than its peers, and it really doesn’t have the best post grad outcomes. It’s at the level of Bryn Mawr.

Sigh. In terms of endowment per student, Grinnell's $1.454 million is ahead of every liberal arts college in the country except Amherst, Swarthmore and Pomona -- and more than double that of Bryn Mawr.

In terms of peer assessment, Grinnell is ranked eighth in the country, tied with Carleton, Davidson, Middlebury and Smith and ahead of Claremont McKenna, Wesleyan, Barnard -- and, again, Bryn Mawr.

Grinnell's 13 percent acceptance rate ranks it higher than all but the top handful of colleges. Bryn Mawr's acceptance rate is 31 percent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s okay. Not WASP or really even Carleton level, but it’s a standard decent LAC with decent educators. Great for a long term career in Chicago.

This take is crazy. If Grinnell was in Western PA or the Berkshires, this board would be jocking it as much as Bowdoin. The school has tons of financial resources that it can bring to bear for students. Unfortunately, it’s biggest drawback is that it’s in the middle of nowhere Iowa. And Iowa winters are as tough as anywhere.

And you guys with the woke thing, jeez. Is it more woke than Haverford, Swat, Macalaster, Amherst, Hamilton, etc.? I doubt it. If that is really such a dealbreaker, I’m sure schools like St. Olaf, Dennison, Dickinson, Bucknell, Lafayette, Colgate, etc will fit the bill. Maybe Williams.

That’s why it isn’t a peer. It’s in a poor location with little impact on the coasts like the WASP colleges. It has money, but not more than its peers, and it really doesn’t have the best post grad outcomes. It’s at the level of Bryn Mawr.

Grinnell’s endowment per student is well over double that of Bryn Mawr’s. And it makes a difference from financial aid to buildings. Bryn Mawr isn’t even need blind. Grinnell just spent $67 million on its newest dorm.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s okay. Not WASP or really even Carleton level, but it’s a standard decent LAC with decent educators. Great for a long term career in Chicago.

This take is crazy. If Grinnell was in Western PA or the Berkshires, this board would be jocking it as much as Bowdoin. The school has tons of financial resources that it can bring to bear for students. Unfortunately, it’s biggest drawback is that it’s in the middle of nowhere Iowa. And Iowa winters are as tough as anywhere.

And you guys with the woke thing, jeez. Is it more woke than Haverford, Swat, Macalaster, Amherst, Hamilton, etc.? I doubt it. If that is really such a dealbreaker, I’m sure schools like St. Olaf, Dennison, Dickinson, Bucknell, Lafayette, Colgate, etc will fit the bill. Maybe Williams.

That’s why it isn’t a peer. It’s in a poor location with little impact on the coasts like the WASP colleges. It has money, but not more than its peers, and it really doesn’t have the best post grad outcomes. It’s at the level of Bryn Mawr.

Well on this board, the WASPs, have no peers, right? The bottom just falls right out once you get past them. If we’re basing this on finance careers after graduation I could maybe buy into this nonsense but you just can’t convince me of the general premise. It’s not like Pomona rings out on the east coast either. For my money, there are 10 to 15 SLACs that lack the name recognition of the WASPs that are all “peers.” For them, fit/vibe is way more important way to distinguish them than where those schools fall on the US News rankings ( or at least it should). Grinnell is absolutely in that mix, and respectfully, I’m not sure Bryn Mawr is. Also, Grinnell’s endowment is 2.5 billion-ish which places it maybe 4th or 5th amongst LACS. If you want to slag off the school, you should maybe know something more about it other than it’s an hour plus outside of Des Moines.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s okay. Not WASP or really even Carleton level, but it’s a standard decent LAC with decent educators. Great for a long term career in Chicago.

This take is crazy. If Grinnell was in Western PA or the Berkshires, this board would be jocking it as much as Bowdoin. The school has tons of financial resources that it can bring to bear for students. Unfortunately, it’s biggest drawback is that it’s in the middle of nowhere Iowa. And Iowa winters are as tough as anywhere.

And you guys with the woke thing, jeez. Is it more woke than Haverford, Swat, Macalaster, Amherst, Hamilton, etc.? I doubt it. If that is really such a dealbreaker, I’m sure schools like St. Olaf, Dennison, Dickinson, Bucknell, Lafayette, Colgate, etc will fit the bill. Maybe Williams.

That’s why it isn’t a peer. It’s in a poor location with little impact on the coasts like the WASP colleges. It has money, but not more than its peers, and it really doesn’t have the best post grad outcomes. It’s at the level of Bryn Mawr.

Awesome to see so many jump on this garbage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s okay. Not WASP or really even Carleton level, but it’s a standard decent LAC with decent educators. Great for a long term career in Chicago.

This take is crazy. If Grinnell was in Western PA or the Berkshires, this board would be jocking it as much as Bowdoin. The school has tons of financial resources that it can bring to bear for students. Unfortunately, it’s biggest drawback is that it’s in the middle of nowhere Iowa. And Iowa winters are as tough as anywhere.

And you guys with the woke thing, jeez. Is it more woke than Haverford, Swat, Macalaster, Amherst, Hamilton, etc.? I doubt it. If that is really such a dealbreaker, I’m sure schools like St. Olaf, Dennison, Dickinson, Bucknell, Lafayette, Colgate, etc will fit the bill. Maybe Williams.

That’s why it isn’t a peer. It’s in a poor location with little impact on the coasts like the WASP colleges. It has money, but not more than its peers, and it really doesn’t have the best post grad outcomes. It’s at the level of Bryn Mawr.

Sigh. In terms of endowment per student, Grinnell's $1.454 million is ahead of every liberal arts college in the country except Amherst, Swarthmore and Pomona -- and more than double that of Bryn Mawr.

In terms of peer assessment, Grinnell is ranked eighth in the country, tied with Carleton, Davidson, Middlebury and Smith and ahead of Claremont McKenna, Wesleyan, Barnard -- and, again, Bryn Mawr.

Grinnell's 13 percent acceptance rate ranks it higher than all but the top handful of colleges. Bryn Mawr's acceptance rate is 31 percent.

Why are you so frustrated with the fact that grinnell is not at WASP level. It’s going to be okay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s okay. Not WASP or really even Carleton level, but it’s a standard decent LAC with decent educators. Great for a long term career in Chicago.

This take is crazy. If Grinnell was in Western PA or the Berkshires, this board would be jocking it as much as Bowdoin. The school has tons of financial resources that it can bring to bear for students. Unfortunately, it’s biggest drawback is that it’s in the middle of nowhere Iowa. And Iowa winters are as tough as anywhere.

And you guys with the woke thing, jeez. Is it more woke than Haverford, Swat, Macalaster, Amherst, Hamilton, etc.? I doubt it. If that is really such a dealbreaker, I’m sure schools like St. Olaf, Dennison, Dickinson, Bucknell, Lafayette, Colgate, etc will fit the bill. Maybe Williams.

That’s why it isn’t a peer. It’s in a poor location with little impact on the coasts like the WASP colleges. It has money, but not more than its peers, and it really doesn’t have the best post grad outcomes. It’s at the level of Bryn Mawr.

Sigh. In terms of endowment per student, Grinnell's $1.454 million is ahead of every liberal arts college in the country except Amherst, Swarthmore and Pomona -- and more than double that of Bryn Mawr.

In terms of peer assessment, Grinnell is ranked eighth in the country, tied with Carleton, Davidson, Middlebury and Smith and ahead of Claremont McKenna, Wesleyan, Barnard -- and, again, Bryn Mawr.

Grinnell's 13 percent acceptance rate ranks it higher than all but the top handful of colleges. Bryn Mawr's acceptance rate is 31 percent.

Why are you so frustrated with the fact that grinnell is not at WASP level. It’s going to be okay.

It's very close (8 vs 13%, who cares??) and all these efforts to create serious hierarchies are silly. --WASP parent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s okay. Not WASP or really even Carleton level, but it’s a standard decent LAC with decent educators. Great for a long term career in Chicago.

This take is crazy. If Grinnell was in Western PA or the Berkshires, this board would be jocking it as much as Bowdoin. The school has tons of financial resources that it can bring to bear for students. Unfortunately, it’s biggest drawback is that it’s in the middle of nowhere Iowa. And Iowa winters are as tough as anywhere.

And you guys with the woke thing, jeez. Is it more woke than Haverford, Swat, Macalaster, Amherst, Hamilton, etc.? I doubt it. If that is really such a dealbreaker, I’m sure schools like St. Olaf, Dennison, Dickinson, Bucknell, Lafayette, Colgate, etc will fit the bill. Maybe Williams.

That’s why it isn’t a peer. It’s in a poor location with little impact on the coasts like the WASP colleges. It has money, but not more than its peers, and it really doesn’t have the best post grad outcomes. It’s at the level of Bryn Mawr.

Well on this board, the WASPs, have no peers, right? The bottom just falls right out once you get past them. If we’re basing this on finance careers after graduation I could maybe buy into this nonsense but you just can’t convince me of the general premise. It’s not like Pomona rings out on the east coast either. For my money, there are 10 to 15 SLACs that lack the name recognition of the WASPs that are all “peers.” For them, fit/vibe is way more important way to distinguish them than where those schools fall on the US News rankings ( or at least it should). Grinnell is absolutely in that mix, and respectfully, I’m not sure Bryn Mawr is. Also, Grinnell’s endowment is 2.5 billion-ish which places it maybe 4th or 5th amongst LACS. If you want to slag off the school, you should maybe know something more about it other than it’s an hour plus outside of Des Moines.

This annoys me to the world’s end. Yes it does. You understand that Pomona grads aren’t stuck on an island in Claremont? They go to top grad schools, law school, and med school on the east coast. Same with Williams, Amherst, and Swarthmore to the west coast. They’re elite for a reason.