<p>I heard Grinnell has very tough workload and I have several questions regarding that matter.</p>
<ol>
<li><p>How easy would it be easy to get a good grade at Grinnell? I know this is a very vague and general question but I just wanna know </p></li>
<li><p>How much workload do you get everyday?</p></li>
<li><p>Do you get overwhelmed by the amount of work you have to do?</p></li>
<li><p>Do you have to study during weekends?</p></li>
<li><p>Are professors willing to help if a student is struggling?</p></li>
</ol>
<p>My son graduated Phi Beta Kappa and says he didn’t kill himself with work, though that doesn’t mean he didn’t put in a lot of effort, but he majored in history, not science and came in very well prepared. He’s a quick learner too.</p>
<p>I understand that some students can feel overwhelmed at times.</p>
<p>Some students probably do study a lot on the weekends. My son found he could enjoy the parties on Friday and Saturday nights and then get back to work Sunday afternoon.</p>
<p>Everything I’ve read about the school says that, yes, profs would be helpful if you ask for help and there are many other resources also to help struggling students. You do have to ask for help if you need it. You would be assigned an advisor immediately (based on the first year tutorial you select) and will meet with this prof multiple times before classes start to help you plan your courses.</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Entirely depends on your intelligence, class and professor. It’s not too hard to get into the upper B but beyond that can be quite difficult. </p></li>
<li><p>Again depends on your classes. About 2 hours of work per class seem about right, although it’s probably more for language classes and seminars. this is not necessarily counting things like papers etc. </p></li>
<li><p>Yes. Definitely. Poor planning on my side? Maybe, but I also found that it can be incredibly difficult to balance sleep, class-work, my jobs, and my extra-curriculars. This semester I mostly couldn’t. I’ve also come to a realization that because most students work less than 10 hours a week, professors usually don’t consider that some students work essentially part-time on the side and do have a lot less time than others who have the luxury of loans or parents paying. </p></li>
<li><p>Yes, but let’s be real: most work doesn’t get done until Sunday night. </p></li>
<li><p>Generally yes, if you communicate with them. Some may encourage you to drop their class in your own interest. Just a note on this one: A lot of professors are just as busy as the students.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>I went to a very competitive public high school and found the work load at Grinnell quite manageable. I was a biochem major and found the classes challenging and engaging, but felt that getting an A was not to difficult. </p>
<p>Typically math & science majors had more work with weekly problem sets, quizzes, and lab reports. Also if you are a science major certain lab classes require a lot of time in lab (Pchem around 6-8 hrs a week).</p>
<p>The few upper level humanities courses had a fair amount of reading, but there is typically only a paper every 2-3 weeks. Never took a language course so I cannot speak to that workload.</p>
<p>If you post your intended major I can tell you about the workload of any of the classes I have experience with.</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Class averages are usually around a B, so you can slack a bit without failing. You still need to do all the big assignments though or you’ll end up like one of my friends who didn’t do the final for a class and dropped from an A to a C-.</p></li>
<li><p>I have two to three hours of class and about three hours of homework on a typical day. Thursday nights add on top of that another two or three hours of studying for tests. Sunday nights will often be really bad too, since a lot of papers are due on Mondays.</p></li>
<li><p>Not really. You do it or you don’t. Your choice. I’ve never experienced not having enough hours in a day to finish all my work, though I only work 12 hours a week; they don’t recommend working more than that and it can be hard to get on campus employment to let you work for more than 15.</p></li>
<li><p>Not really. I study for Chinese during weekends, but other than that I tend to do most of my stuff at the latest time I can start and still get it all done. That means I have Friday and Saturday pretty much open.</p></li>
<li><p>I’ve never had a professor that wasn’t easily approachable and incredibly helpful with any problem a student had. The professors really are the best part of studying at Grinnell. They love to teach. That’s why they’re at an LAC and not a big uni. They want to help you and the classes are small enough that they can devote one on one time to any student that needs it. If you have a problem, go directly to your professors, do not pass go, not collect two hundred dollars.</p></li>
</ol>