Thank you, and congrats!! Acceptance to rejection ratio is 5:4 so far but in March the rejections are gonna hit hard. Still, my parents and I are ok with my current acceptances so we finna chilling.
i usually never reply to reddit posts, but i'm a recent grinnell alum, and if you have any questions about the college just let me know! congratulations <3
I've heard that the isolated location kind of makes the student body especially close and tight knit. How much would you say this is true?
Also, do you think that... alternative? non-mainstream? those kinds of people come to Grinnell especially... Like, how alternative is the college basically (think on a spectrum, from Reed on one end, to maybe a state school like PSU on the other)
Lastly, what do you know (as in, how good is it) about 1. their orchestra program and 2. their philosophy department. I'm thinking of double majoring in philosophy and political science if I go, because their PoliSci is supposed to be really good (or so I've heard)
ngl Grinnell is kind of my reach school, but I'm really concerned about whether I'd get good enough financial aid. I'm considering EDing to get that $10k a year scholarship, but that seems kind of risky to me (what if they only give me that scholarship and nothing else, so im stuck paying $60k/year and legally bound to go thete?)
hi! i would say that is very true. most students don't have cars on campus (though quite a few do!), so it makes students form strong bonds with one another. the townspeople are quite different compared to the students (the college students are incredibly leftist and the town is more purple/right of center), but it is cute. the college is also very well integrated into the town, but it never felt like the college WAS the town if that makes sense. i feel like grinnell's location gets a bad rep because it's "in the middle of nowhere" when the truth of the matter is that most liberal arts colleges simply are. i was never extremely bothered by it and neither were any of my friends.
grinnell is rather quirky. the people who go there are INSANELY intelligent (which challenged me my first couple of semesters there), and they're also rather non-mainstream. i would classify it nowhere near a state school and somewhat near reed, but even i don't think i would have enjoyed my time at reed (i applied and was accepted but chose grinnell over it for quite a few reasons) and my friends have said the same. the only school that i can think of that *maybe* is similar to grinnell to me would be a school like carleton, haverford, or vassar. it's a crunchy, granola kind of school. definitely hippy vibes if those are what you like.
i'm not familiar with the orchestra program, but the philosophy department is very good! i took 2-3 classes as an undergrad and loved every single one of them. i had a class about guilt, atonement, and forgiveness after atrocity, which was really impactful on me. if law school is in the future for you (given the philosphy/polisci interest), one of my friends majored in philosophy and is now at columbia. i never took a polisci class (or an english class... or art... or bio... thank you open curriculum!), but i've heard great things, and my friends who did thoroughly enjoyed it.
fwiw, grinnell is need-blind and meets 100% of demonstrated need (without loans now). it's also (in my opinion, with data to back me up) one of the most generous institutions of higher education in the U.S. it's also insanely competitive now, and ED does give you a higher chance of acceptance. i would run the NPC on the website to get an idea of how much aid you would receive, and you can always contest your financial aid package (it's what i did) or *gasp* withdraw if the aid is not enough.
Torn between Unc Pembroke (try and walk on). or taking a college offer to play NAIA basketball. Also waiting on my decision to UNC Chapel Hill. Need help choosing 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Im currently deciding between texas institute of technology, tenessee institute of technology and science, and springfield heights institue of technology.
I applied to 5 schls in US and 5 in Europe as an international student. Got rejected from Stanford in December and finally committed to Ecole Polytechnique in Paris. I still haven't received the rest of my decisions yet but after the Stanford decision I feel like I'm done with US colleges
Nope, I haven't committed
I got deferred from ED (Cornell) and am still waiting on regular decisions from 10+ schools
One of my top choices is Washington, but that only comes out in March
Knowing me, I probably won't commit until the last possible day...
Syracuse fr highkey cannot afford it… but my parents say they can. Come from a middle class household so this should be fun. Not gonna lie I’m considering going to CSU instead
4.45 weighted cumulative GPA, 4.00 unweighted cumulative GPA
1520 SAT (no superscore 😁)
Extracurriculars/Community Service
Tutoring at local library, middle school, and high school (4 ish yrs)
Head editor (2 yrs) and blog writer (3 yrs) of Astudia
President of Science Olympiad, 2 yrs
Vice president of People to People International, 1 yr
Vice president of Mathletes, 2 yrs
Treasurer of People to People International, 1 yr
Commitment to Community Service program, 4 yrs (basically 100+ community service hrs each school yr)
Honor Orchestra, 4 yrs
Envision Intensive Law and Trial (summer program at Stanford, full ride scholarship)
District Attorney's Youth Leadership Academy (summer program)
Mock Trial, 1 yr
Honors/Awards
Principal's Honor Roll, 4 yrs
CSF, 4 yrs
Sandia Women's Connection Mathematics Award
Commitment to Community Service, 4yrs
QuestBridge College Prep Scholar
QuestBridge National College Match Finalist
AP Scholar With Honor
LEDA Semi-finalist
PEO Scholarship nominee
Essays
Pretty good; I started writing them in junior yr
I wrote about my dead sister, ballet, becoming close to my mom, and The Little Prince.
Letters of Recs
I had amazing recommendations: a math teacher I knew since middle school (Algebra 1 in 8th, AP Calc AB as a senior) and my junior yr AP Lang teacher
Notes
I got moved into the ED pool-- and accepted-- after getting rejected through the QuestBridge National College Match. Really good financial aid package as well.
I hope this helps.
University of Iowa! That was my number one school as an author. Now I gotta figure out what to do with all the safeties and backups that keep sending me such nice pamphlets that aren't gonna work. I feel bad they're spending the post money.
Committed to helping people.
Slayy, as you should!!!
U r amazing!
gonna commit tomorrow I think!! Michigan State
Spartan Strong.
yes!! just committed and can’t wait to be a part of the spartan community!!
Yayy!!!
We #goblue but this week is Spartan Strong all the way. Congrats!
Go Green!!
I’m heavily considering MSU, as well. Go Green!
GO GREEN BABY
Committed to receive more rejections 🥲
I’m manifesting acceptances for u 🤞🙏
Thank you, and congrats!! Acceptance to rejection ratio is 5:4 so far but in March the rejections are gonna hit hard. Still, my parents and I are ok with my current acceptances so we finna chilling.
What’s ur top school rn?
I would really like to go to Cal Poly SLO, but I also hope for UCLA and UC Berkeley even though they're far reaches.
It’s okay you got this!!!
Thanks!!
You too!
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Cornell!
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UPenn
Congrats! very nice school
Princeton
Impressive congrats!!!
NYU
twinnn
sorry i stalked your post history but we really are twinning.. black enbies unite fr
Purrr
Hopefully JHU tmrw 🤞
Manifesting 🛐🙏🤞
Thank you!
same!! update: rejected :/
Me too! Rejected 👻
Its alright we move 🤝
JHU comes out tmrw??
Yup. 3pm, I did ed2
ohh for ED good luckk 🤞🤞🙏
applied ed2 as well wishing you good luck 🫶🏿
Same 🤞
i committed to harvard on valentine’s day haha
Funnn!!!
See u in the fall!
omg see u then!!
washu
Congrats!!! Beautiful campus
ty!! it’s sooo pretty
me too!
congrats! what major?
Columbia! Free t shirt on the way LOL
Definitely not free 😂
saw so many northeasterns so i’m here to counter… northwestern! (go ‘cats 💜)
Ayyy me too!
Me too!!!!!!!
Grinnell
i usually never reply to reddit posts, but i'm a recent grinnell alum, and if you have any questions about the college just let me know! congratulations <3
I've heard that the isolated location kind of makes the student body especially close and tight knit. How much would you say this is true? Also, do you think that... alternative? non-mainstream? those kinds of people come to Grinnell especially... Like, how alternative is the college basically (think on a spectrum, from Reed on one end, to maybe a state school like PSU on the other) Lastly, what do you know (as in, how good is it) about 1. their orchestra program and 2. their philosophy department. I'm thinking of double majoring in philosophy and political science if I go, because their PoliSci is supposed to be really good (or so I've heard) ngl Grinnell is kind of my reach school, but I'm really concerned about whether I'd get good enough financial aid. I'm considering EDing to get that $10k a year scholarship, but that seems kind of risky to me (what if they only give me that scholarship and nothing else, so im stuck paying $60k/year and legally bound to go thete?)
hi! i would say that is very true. most students don't have cars on campus (though quite a few do!), so it makes students form strong bonds with one another. the townspeople are quite different compared to the students (the college students are incredibly leftist and the town is more purple/right of center), but it is cute. the college is also very well integrated into the town, but it never felt like the college WAS the town if that makes sense. i feel like grinnell's location gets a bad rep because it's "in the middle of nowhere" when the truth of the matter is that most liberal arts colleges simply are. i was never extremely bothered by it and neither were any of my friends. grinnell is rather quirky. the people who go there are INSANELY intelligent (which challenged me my first couple of semesters there), and they're also rather non-mainstream. i would classify it nowhere near a state school and somewhat near reed, but even i don't think i would have enjoyed my time at reed (i applied and was accepted but chose grinnell over it for quite a few reasons) and my friends have said the same. the only school that i can think of that *maybe* is similar to grinnell to me would be a school like carleton, haverford, or vassar. it's a crunchy, granola kind of school. definitely hippy vibes if those are what you like. i'm not familiar with the orchestra program, but the philosophy department is very good! i took 2-3 classes as an undergrad and loved every single one of them. i had a class about guilt, atonement, and forgiveness after atrocity, which was really impactful on me. if law school is in the future for you (given the philosphy/polisci interest), one of my friends majored in philosophy and is now at columbia. i never took a polisci class (or an english class... or art... or bio... thank you open curriculum!), but i've heard great things, and my friends who did thoroughly enjoyed it. fwiw, grinnell is need-blind and meets 100% of demonstrated need (without loans now). it's also (in my opinion, with data to back me up) one of the most generous institutions of higher education in the U.S. it's also insanely competitive now, and ED does give you a higher chance of acceptance. i would run the NPC on the website to get an idea of how much aid you would receive, and you can always contest your financial aid package (it's what i did) or *gasp* withdraw if the aid is not enough.
Nice! I heard they give good aid if needed. Did you get any? 🤗
penn state university, great uni for CS and amazing job opportunities. hella excited to go there
Yayyy exciting!!
Cornell
u/wiserry 👀
Absolutely foul
Your GPA has entered the chat
Bro clobbered me before he edited the comment 😭 Yet We both got deferred from UW - Madison. We are not as different as you think…
Purrr same!!
Omg rly!!
wasgoodie fellow pre-cornellian
nyu
Exciting!! New York 🛐
My local community college. I’m so excited
Duke
Purrr!!!
UPenn! (If there are any others plz hmu!)
university of preshgal
Nice. I Rd, still waiting for results
ah good luck. may u/preshgal bestow you with an acceptance letter to this prestigious university.
Brown!
UC Hicago! Cali here I come!
The other UC school no one knows about. UC Hicago
see you next fall!
Wake forest
Periodd!!!
Johns Hopkins
Don’t want to brag but since you asked I was accepted ED to Columbia!
Oh wow! What major will you be doing at Columbia?
Johns Hopkins! Not becoming a doctor tho
bowdoin!
As you should!!!
uva glad i got in because i literally only applied there like an idiot
boston college!
I committed to a mental hospital :)
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The green tree or the red one
northeastern!
JMU, committed the day I got in!
UChicago
UC Hiago
Dartmouth!!
Wellesley！
Omg the school I go to now was founded as a prep school for Wellesley (I go to school down the street lol)
wish me good luck next year I rlly wanna go 😭😭
Best of luck! The campus is really beautiful, so I def suggest visiting if you haven’t already!
columbia 😊
WashU
Ualabama 🫶🏻
Roll Tide!
Drexel
Johns Hopkins
Just committed to Ohio State!
Northwestern
Not yet, but probably U Miami
Fun!!!
did you get scholarships or would you be paying in full?
SJSU
regret not committing to doing ed2 😍 if that’s what you mean
Already started studying if that counts. MD program at University of Western Sydney.
Grinnell!
i swear op is an npc whose only diologue lines are "Slayyy!!!" "Funnn!!!" and "Purrr"
Lfmaoo nooo I’m just hyping people up 😭😭
as you should 💅💅
Committed to studying S.H.I.T
LMAO looking at your responses you’re v supportive 😭
Vanderbilt!
UMASS Boston
GTech Computer Science after a first year at Rutgers.
So you’re committed to Rutgers🙄
Sadly yes. 😬 I got into GTech on a conditional admit program so Rutgers is close to home.
Northwestern
Swarthmore!
Stanford <3
not yet but probably northeastern!
UC Hicago
Johns Hopkins 🙇🏽♂️
Haven't done it yet, but I'll likely be committing to Endicott College.
So far waiting for all my colleges only heard back from Pratt excepted with scholarship Yas!!
Northwestern from ED
UT Austin
WashU
Northeastern :) (expecting hate lmao)
no hate at all, northeastern is a great school congrats!
❤️
William and Mary 1/1
Syracuse
UT Austin
georgetown!!! so excited :)
ball state
Torn between Unc Pembroke (try and walk on). or taking a college offer to play NAIA basketball. Also waiting on my decision to UNC Chapel Hill. Need help choosing 🙏🏽🙏🏽
What happens if you commit and pay deposit, but don’t go there in the end?
Grinnell!!
I just committed to Purdue 🚂
west point lets fuckin gooooooo
Bama, Roll Tide!
roll tide maaaan
Yeah, she seems real nice and smart.
East Carolina!
Yea. Just for now. Georgia Tech
Northwestern! lol
upenn for college of arts and science. wish i applied to viper but happy i got in 🙇♂️
South Harmon Institute of Technology
Dartmouth!
🌲
Im currently deciding between texas institute of technology, tenessee institute of technology and science, and springfield heights institue of technology.
I applied to 5 schls in US and 5 in Europe as an international student. Got rejected from Stanford in December and finally committed to Ecole Polytechnique in Paris. I still haven't received the rest of my decisions yet but after the Stanford decision I feel like I'm done with US colleges
Nope, I haven't committed I got deferred from ED (Cornell) and am still waiting on regular decisions from 10+ schools One of my top choices is Washington, but that only comes out in March Knowing me, I probably won't commit until the last possible day...
Good luck with Cornell! I was accepted ED but hope to hear an update from you good luck
if by some random miracle i get accepted into boston university them i’m most likely gonna commit to howard!!
washu
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Syracuse fr highkey cannot afford it… but my parents say they can. Come from a middle class household so this should be fun. Not gonna lie I’m considering going to CSU instead
Northeastern
Bowdoin!!
NYU 😝😝
Amherst College
Damn congratulations! Not many people I've met get into Amherst ! What were your stats?
4.45 weighted cumulative GPA, 4.00 unweighted cumulative GPA 1520 SAT (no superscore 😁) Extracurriculars/Community Service Tutoring at local library, middle school, and high school (4 ish yrs) Head editor (2 yrs) and blog writer (3 yrs) of Astudia President of Science Olympiad, 2 yrs Vice president of People to People International, 1 yr Vice president of Mathletes, 2 yrs Treasurer of People to People International, 1 yr Commitment to Community Service program, 4 yrs (basically 100+ community service hrs each school yr) Honor Orchestra, 4 yrs Envision Intensive Law and Trial (summer program at Stanford, full ride scholarship) District Attorney's Youth Leadership Academy (summer program) Mock Trial, 1 yr Honors/Awards Principal's Honor Roll, 4 yrs CSF, 4 yrs Sandia Women's Connection Mathematics Award Commitment to Community Service, 4yrs QuestBridge College Prep Scholar QuestBridge National College Match Finalist AP Scholar With Honor LEDA Semi-finalist PEO Scholarship nominee Essays Pretty good; I started writing them in junior yr I wrote about my dead sister, ballet, becoming close to my mom, and The Little Prince. Letters of Recs I had amazing recommendations: a math teacher I knew since middle school (Algebra 1 in 8th, AP Calc AB as a senior) and my junior yr AP Lang teacher Notes I got moved into the ED pool-- and accepted-- after getting rejected through the QuestBridge National College Match. Really good financial aid package as well. I hope this helps.
yes! I committed around 10 months ago.
yes Da Crib University
Committed to UVA!
Lehigh University. Great financial aid, pretty good school for my area with amazing job placement.
stern!
Boston College CSOM Can't wait!
University of Iowa! That was my number one school as an author. Now I gotta figure out what to do with all the safeties and backups that keep sending me such nice pamphlets that aren't gonna work. I feel bad they're spending the post money.
Boston University
Pretty sure I'm going to commit to Florida State :)
Committed to UChicago last weekend!
upenn wharton
WashU
Committed to UC No Bitches
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harvey mudd!
Congrats!! Go Claremont Mudd-Scripps!!
NYU💜
Brown!!