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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With those numbers she will probably get a decent merit package from Grinnell and ought to consider it seriously.  Grinnell is by far the best liberal arts college that is serious about merit aid - and it can afford it because its endowment dwarfs every other school that has been mentioned in this thread.  Grinnell is as good as any liberal arts college on the East Coast and the quality of its student body as competitive as any outside of the top 5 liberal arts schools in the US.  It has to work a little harder to assemble that class is all, given its Iowa location.  [/quote]

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Grinnell is a great school, but not a safety for anyone.  DS with nearly identical stats as OP's DD was not admitted (but was admitted to other similarly/higher ranked SLACs). Also, though I loved Grinnell, the school didn't fully resonate with him (dumb as it sounds the flatness of the landscape put him off initially and then the school just didn't click as much as others) and that may have shaped their perception of him also.  I do think Grinnell stands out in their ability/willingness to financially support strong students.[/quote]

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