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Grinnell College

How this student rated the school
Educational QualityA Faculty AccessibilityA
Useful SchoolworkA Excess CompetitionA
Academic SuccessB Creativity/ InnovationA
Individual ValueA+ University Resource UseA
Campus Aesthetics/ BeautyB FriendlinessA
Campus MaintenanceB+ Social LifeB-
Surrounding CityC Extra CurricularsB
SafetyB
Describes the student body as:
Friendly, Approachable

Describes the faculty as:
Friendly, Helpful

Female
Bright
Lowest Rating
Surrounding City
C
Highest Rating
Individual Value
A+
She cares more about Safety than the average student.
Date: Dec 28 2011
Major: Psychology (This Major's Salary over time)
Grinnell is not for everyone but it does not falsely advertise. The academic experience has been outstanding and I feel well prepared for graduate school. Grinnell has been generous with its scholarship (given a second scholarship my junior and senior years without asking)and opportunities (paid expenses for seminars). If you are doing great work, they will work to keep you (in terms of finances). I have made a lot of friends and the students are very collaborative with work. There is very little cheating and none of the
let's float on facebook
during class you find in state schools and high school.

The downside for me has been the weather and the lack of much to do in town. There is a lot of drinking which is probably a biproduct of the cold, long winter and the lack of local entertainment.

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