Grinnell College Top Questions

There are a lot of hippies and hyper-liberal (Democrats), political activist students

LIBERAL! open-minded

Socially awkward. Nerdy. Streakers.

Gay, do school work all the time, nerds, very liberal.

If you are largely unfamiliar with Grinnell you might have heard that students at Grinnell get assigned a lot of homework. Or perhaps that students have a problem doing everything they want to because there is, in fact, too much to do on campus.

A stereotype about Grinnell is that everyone here is a brainiac, and that it's primarily a place for academics.

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Grinnell students are smart, motivated, and a little weird, although you can't really describe everyone in just a few words. There are lots of different types, and lots of people who don't fit into any of them. Many of us claim to have been unpopular in high school. The words "awkward" and "sketchy" come up a lot. In a good way.

pretentious, liberal, hippie, apathetic, unique, dirty, in a bubble from the outside world, suburbanites, vegans, good writers, alcoholic, marajuana-friendly, gay friendly, post-modern, long-winded, emo, dramatic, protesty, argumentative, shoeless, in the middle of the most beautiful place in the world, "no limits", high tuition, ugly campus center, clever, free-love, procrastinatory, intense

HIPPIES! Hard working, open-minded. awkward, diverse