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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son attends Grinnell where the expectation is for students to live in college housing all four years. Obviously there are a few exceptions (the two kids he knows who are actually from Grinnell could live at home - both chose not to, married students, etc) but 4 years on campus was a big selling point  IMO.
I don’t think faculty knock on the door but I know if you miss 2 classes in a row the professor will text/email/call to see what’s going on. 
Plus being on campus - and the associated dining privileges mean students have access to food. Grinnell has students who depend on the school for food and thankfully they dont get kicked out of the dorms to make room for the first years.
The dorms provide a community and, [b]especially for students who are poor, a safety net.[/b][/quote]

And again, too many people are being admitted to college: THIS is the problem.  This helps nobody.  If colleges [b]like this[/b] stopped admitting almost everyone, they would be able to award need-based scholarships and grants for the economically disadvantaged students.  But admitting everyone, and then forcing economically disadvantaged AND less academically capable kids to take out huge loans and scrape by miserably, helps nobody, including those kids.[/quote]
If you actually bothered to understand what you are commenting about you would know that Grinnell is highly selective and 100% need blind. The economically disadvantaged students on campus are quite academically capable. Some schools do admit anyone - Grinnell would not be in that category.[/quote]

If you actually bothered to hone your reading comprehension skills, you might have "bothered to understand what you are commenting about."

Grinnell might be need-blind, but they admit so many students that many of those kids have to take out loans.  If Grinnell (and many other colleges) were more selective, they could be need-blind AND support economically disadvantaged kids who are admitted with need-based scholarships and grants.  I feel sorry for kids who take out full loans to go somewhere like Grinnell.

If you can pay the tuition there, great.[/quote]

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