<p>@travisbickel, Grinnell’s acceptance rate was up for the class of 2015. That was probably (part of) the reason. I expect Grinnell to rank better next year because the acceptance rate was considerably lower for the class of 2016.</p>
<p>Also, I think that Grinnell doesn’t really concern itself with rankings as much as some other schools. I’ve heard rumblings that perhaps the new president is doing more to try to improve the school’s rankings, but historically, Grinnell has just tried to educate its students the best it could without worrying about how it compared to X other school on Y metric.</p>