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I’m well aware that she’s a Grinnell parent. Among LACs, the exuberance of certain posters for Grinnell is exceeded only by those for Holy Cross, which is admittedly a tough act indeed to follow. </p>
<p>As for the “flippant” remark, I checked the CDS before posting. I see no reason to spout off about a college based on my own purported knowledge. </p>
<p>Tuition + Room/Board
RPI: $48,400 (assuming double)
Grinnell: $49,144 </p>
<p>Percentage of class with need
RPI: 65.8%
Grinnell: 73.5%</p>
<p>Percentage of class with merit scholarship and no need
RPI: 32.2%
Grinnell: 14.5%</p>
<p>Average merit scholarship
RPI: $14,085
Grinnell: $10,145</p>
<p>Athletic scholarships
RPI: 13, $44,186 each
Grinnell: 0</p>
<p>As one can see, RPI provides more and bigger scholarships to its students not receiving financial aid. In fact, virtually all students without financial aid received a merit scholarship, whereas at Grinnell, roughly half of those students do not. RPI comes out ahead even if one accounts for the ~8% more students Grinnell has on financial aid. </p>
<p>One could argue that Grinnell is far more generous with its merit scholarships to students on financial aid, I suppose, but that is something for which I would like to see evidence.</p>