Why Do You Love Grinnell?

Mary13
Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:35:00 +0000

My son graduated from Grinnell last year. I agree with all the wonderful things written above and won’t bother to repeat them, but since BengalMom asked, I’ll mention the two drawbacks for my son:

1) The list of majors is not extensive compared to larger schools—or in fact, compared to other LACS, such as Carleton (where our daughter attended). Our son had a strong interest in film, and although he never planned to major in it, he did wish more than once that Grinnell had a film department.

2) Maybe it was just the luck of the draw, but he did not always get the classes he wanted, which was sometimes a source of frustration.

Those are minor complaints, however. On the whole, it was a terrific four years. And here’s another positive that wasn’t on M’s Mom’s list: The study abroad program he participated in junior year was a fantastic experience. Oh, and he never complained about the food in the dining hall. In fact, I think he missed it when he was home. But then, I’m a lousy cook. ;)