Oh man~ Grinnell = Isolated???

Pgillon8908
Sun, 21 Oct 2007 21:58:44 +0000

THE KIDS
For the most part, the kids I talked to gave me a good impression of the school. Everyone was pretty laid back, and the class I attended gave me the impression that most of the kids do make an effort to study, read the material, etc. I would probably describe the campus as being fairly liberal; this is sort of difficult to substantiate but the students’ attitudes and dress seemed very laid back. There were no abercrombie polos or northface bookbags to be found. This obviously isn’t completely true, but in general i think it would hold. Also, I didn’t see many sportsmen or women; the school doesn’t seem very “jocky.”

i’m also applying to some other top lacs and I think that the grinnell has a good feel on campus. You should definitely visit a school like grinnell because some could be easily turned off by it if the location is a really big factor.