Grinnell College Top Questions

Most of them... for most people.

To an extent, there are certainly socially conscious and awkward nerds hooking up at Harris wearing cosumes with no shoes on... but for the most part I like to think of Grinnell and the students as laid back and accepting of pretty much whatever there is to accept

Yes!!

Well not everyone is gay nor does everyone have alot of money but we are very smart, thats why were here!

The first stereotype is inaccurate. We are pretty liberal, but overall the student body is pretty normal. The second is accurate, most of the students are extremely intelligent and Grinnell College does require you to work very hard.

Students are pretty laid back, but are very socially awkward

In some cases yes. But in reality, Grinnell students come in all shapes and sizes. That is the great thing about Grinnell- everyone is so different but at the same time, very open to everyone else's differences.

For the most part you can find all of them someplace on campus, but as a whole I don't think that everyone is this way.

Like any stereotype, these are only partially accurate. Yes, Grinnell is a politically-involved and socially conscious institution, but this is mostly because the students are genuinely concerned with issues like environmental protection and the war on terror. As for the students, there is a very high level of diversity, but there are a lot of people who fit the stereotypes.

Fairly