Grinnell/New York University?

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Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:23:50 +0000

Academics are top-notch at Grinnell. The professors are also your academic advisers and are highly accessible and primarily teach (most can only do research during summers and sabbaticals). Classes are small, with even the intro science classes at less than 30 students. I think Grinnell has better academics overall, but there are so many other differences between the two schools. It’s more important to find the better fit than the better academics. Consider:

Location: Grinnell is in the middle of Iowa, NYU is in Greenwich village. If you can’t stand being in the middle of the cornfields, don’t go to Grinnell.
Size: Grinnell is small, NYU is huge. Smaller schools are better administered and require significant student participation.

There’s substance abuse at both school, but you don’t have to do any and can find plenty of people that don’t.