Questions for current/past Grinnellians

Dairy_State_K8
Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:34:50 +0000

mkshort, In answer to #1, I am not clear whether you are asking about financial aid or merit aid (scholarships). Grinnell gives significant merit aid, which is unusual in a school of its caliber. I can’t speak to financial aid–some folks on CC seem to think Grinnell is generous, others disagree. On Question #2, you sound like my son–moderately liberal with a penchant for playing Devil’s Advocate-- who is a junior and very happy at Grinnell.

There seems to be a lot of music going on at Grinnell. Son takes lessons on a brass instrument and also takes voice lessons. Lessons are taught by both professors and adjunct faculty, who are not professors at Grinnell but may be instructors at another college, or professional musicians or even high school music teachers. Son was considering taking lessons on another instrument from a fellow student, so that’s a possibility too. There are some a capella groups that get school funding. The orchestra is first-rate (although the conductor is on sabbatical during the upcoming school year) and there are a number of other musical groups to pick from.

As far as how hard you have to work, it is very intense, especially at the end of the semester, but the fact that everyone is working hard seems to make it more bearable. You can have a life and do well in your classwork too. Good luck in your search!