-Small classes*

-Accessible professors*

-Small campus; not a lot of walking*

-Tight-knit social scene (notice I did not say community)*

-Very small*

-Some quirky, not annoying students*

Reasons not to go here:

-Cliquish

-Holier than thou attitudes, both among many students and the administration*

-Nothing to do except drinking & drugs, some decent lectures and plays to attend

-Annoyingly, you still have to take boring intro classes to qualify for more interesting, upper-division classes.

-Excessive workload— Felt like some professors gave a lot of work for the sake of giving a lot of work.

-Laundry machines and printers need some work

-Annoying knee-jerk liberal self-righteousness/ political correctness*

-However (in reference to above point), not as politically active as anticipated

-Very small*

-Many very biased (politically) professors.  Atheism and free love equals A if you write semi-well with some professors (not all).  Anything less and you'd be trying your luck.

-A very, very modest number of good-looking girls (I know that's superficial, but hey, just putting that out there.)

-Not open-minded (I don't know what impression you've gotten from my previous comments...).  If you choose to go here, do not defend any of the following: libertarian ways of thinking, laxer gun laws, not affirmative action, not radical feminism.  You must always state that the administration is not doing enough for gays, bisexuals, and lesbians (though Grinnell is quite friendly in this regard...).*

-Sense of community seems strained, factious.  A lot of people seem content with doing their own thing with their friend groups.