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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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. [/quote]

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. [b]Unfortunately, it’s biggest drawback is that it’s in the middle of nowhere Iowa. And Iowa winters are as tough as anywhere. [/b]

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. [/quote]
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.[/quote]

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

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

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