Grinnell Class of 2028 Official Thread

we are leading parallel lives - same for my son - deferred then WL at Mac and accepted at Grinnell

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Notification came as surprise. I wasn’t expecting it today.

DD is in!

Good luck to all!

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Same for us!! Congratulations!

Deferred the WL @ MAC but in with Founders’ Scholarship to Grinnell! Very happy in this house.

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Omg!!! I got in with a Founder’s Scholarship! Such a pleasant surprise; I was not expecting this at all today or at any point! Cool!

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Like I truly didn’t think I stood a chance here wow

Same here!! Especially after WL at Macalester. Congratulations!!

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Congratulations as well!!!

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I’m in with 30K/year scholarship!!! Super exciting :slight_smile: definitely bumps it up near the top of my list

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Congrats! It’s kind of funny how many people that’s happened to this year, given the relative acceptance rates (at least historically).

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Congratulations to all who have been accepted! My daughter is currently in her second year at Grinnell, and she is so happy to be there! The workload is intense at times, but she feels a sense of support from faculty and mentors, which is a huge help.

We live in California, so I was somewhat dubious about the distance from home, and my perceived isolation of the town. Truth be told, it’s not that hard to get to Grinnell from where we are, and she loves the small and welcoming community that is now her home.

If anyone has any questions, please feel free to reach out.

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My son just got in today too! Got a great scholarship! We are from Sac., CA. Will be visiting in April

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How does Grinnell gave the nerve to charge almost $90K/yr for the privilege to live in the middle of the Iowa cornfields…unbelievable, to me anyaeay, My S24 was accepted with a $30k scholarship but I refuse to let him go to Grinnell with that price tag.

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Apologies for the double post.

Congratulations to your son on his acceptance to Grinnell! Given your stance on the cost of a private liberal arts education, I’m not sure I understand why he even bothered applying though. This information is readily available, so it should have come as no surprise. Many private liberal arts colleges charge comparable tuition and fees, some even more, and some are even more remote than Grinnell. The difference is that Grinnell is very generous with merit aid, as you saw with your son’s acceptance.
I wish him the best in whatever path he chooses.

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Apparently, it’s a lot cheaper if you just want to live in the middle of the cornfields without any of the educational opportunities.

I confess I did not look up the COA, it is entirely my inexplicable oversight. I always pictured the school would look like Plato’s academy in Athens but with a midwestern twist, cornfields and all. I have no doubt it is a wonderful place to go to receive a top notch liberal arts education.

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My son did not get in but was advised by his guidance counselor that CSS profile schools has bigger endowment and therefore are more generous in terms of financial aid. I did the CSS profile and i hated it.

Completing CSS Profile is financial colonoscopy without anesthesia, it is no fun at all. By the way, Grinnell’s endowment is several billion dollars, which is amazing for a such a small, and not widely known, school. I recall reading about Warren Buffet involvement with the endowment, so I am not surprised their financial future looks bright.

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Thanks for your candor—I greatly appreciate it. Just to clarify, while you pass many beautiful cornfields on the drive from the Des Moines airport to Grinnell, there are actually no cornfields near campus, at least not that I have seen :-). Most people who visit the campus are surprised by how much they like it—that was certainly our experience when my daughter visited in high school. It’s a very special place in many respects.

Only someone from Cali would call a cornfield beautifulšŸ˜‚. But I get your point, the school offers a fantastic learning environment, as I am sure you know first hand. I wish we could swing the cost, but are not willing to bust the undergrad budget, even for an uber selective place like Grinnell.

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