A Few Quick Questions About Grinnell

Kudryavka
Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:55:05 +0000

English, Economics, Computer Science, Math, History

Of those majors, I’ve only heard complaints about the workload in comp sci. Of course English and History are heavy reading/writing majors, but not considerably more than other colleges.

Overall, the workload is definitely intense, but not overwhelming. Even working twelve hours a week and taking 17 credits as a freshman, I haven’t ever run into a situation where I didn’t have enough time in a day to do the work, and I probably have one of the more intense schedules around considering I’m double majoring in Spanish and Chinese. Most students at Grinnell are busy during the weekend and then have mostly open schedules on the weekends. Study hard, party hard.



Also, how hard is it to find your way into classes taught by the “good” professors?

I haven’t run into a professor that wasn’t amazing yet. If you’re really worried about it, though, there are plenty of ways to get the professors you want. Most people ask around about which professors are harder or which are better teachers, and even if you do end up in a class with a prof you don’t like, you can drop a course or switch sections very easily.