Transferring to Grinnell?

bethievt
Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:23:01 +0000

I don’t know anything about transfering, so I can’t help you much. Grinnell is a great school. My son loved all four years. It doesn’t have a big sports focus, though there are excellent facilities for sports and fitness. The students tend to be serious about learning things and, though they do have lots of unconventional parties, I don’t think anyone would call it a party school. My son, who avoided parties in high school really liked them at Grinnell. Good thing you like to read a lot because I suspect you’ll have a lot of reading to do well at Grinnell.

About getting in, what are your grades and test scores like? How have you done in college your first year. Obviously, you’ll want to get your GPA up as high as you can. Do you have any ECs? Do you participate in class, so that some profs will write good letters of recommendation? About the spring grades, I assume you’d explain the situation and have midterm grades sent if they do those. Good Luck!