<p>northeastmom</p>
<p>It is a great idea, but the nearest hotels are at the airport cities, Des Moines and Rapid City, both about an hour from the school. It’s a tad isolated.</p>
<p>Sarahsmom, I tried this from my son’s school, but it did not work out. The hotels in that area are too small to support an airport shuttle. I just remembered dialing around (I called some local hotels) 2 years ago to see if it was possible. My brother lived in a suburb of a major city, so it was easy for him to do this. I thought that it was clever.</p>
<p>Northeast, I was thinking that it might be an option for my H and I when we go to our D’s play at Drake in Nov! Grinnell IS kind of in the middle of no where, Bethie, but he’s not alone in his predicament! He’ll figure it out, he’s not at Grinnell because he’s dull, that’s for sure!</p>
<p>oh, good, maybe it’ll work out for you. Does your D like it at Drake?</p>
<p>She LOVES it! It seems to be a perfect fit for her and we could not be more pleased.</p>
<p>That’s great! Do you know what percentage of students are from the the NE?</p>
<p>oops! I meant Cedar Rapids, not Rapid City in post 21.</p>
<p>Northeast,
I don’t know the percentages, but D says that there are a few other freshman that she knows of from MA. There are many from the Chicago area. Drake has a great Pharm. program and an excellent law school. My “nephew-in-law” is from NYC and he graduated from the Drake’s law school. He works for a NYC firm and is working his way up the ladder. D finds everyone to be extremely friendly, the campus/facilities beautiful and she LOVES her profs. AND Des Moines! She says that the shopping is better in DM than in our suburban Boston area! She’s a Musical Theatre major and is in the musical “Company” next month. We can’t wait to see it!</p>
<p>Is it easy for her to get around DM? Does she have a car? I have been meaning to read a bit about Drake.</p>