<p>Are any/all of you early notifications planning to attend Grinnell? It sounds like you received scholarship offers, too.</p>
<p>It's definitely one of my top choices right now, but I'm waiting till mid-April before I make a final decision.</p>
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Are any/all of you early notifications planning to attend Grinnell? It sounds like you received scholarship offers, too.
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Everyone should get aid awards, or a preliminary letter saying what it will be if the information you gave them is correct, when they get their acceptance packet. I applied EDII and got my FAFSA and their financial aid form in like a week and a half after I was supposed to, and I still got my acceptance packet and aid award a few days before the EDII deadline--which was only two weeks or so after I sent in the financial aid information.</p>
<p>My viewpoint probably isn't as relevant as someone who didn't apply via binding decision, but I'll chime in on the whole planning to attend Grinnell thing. I really struggled with applying EDII for days before I sent in my application (I was sending off all my applications Dec 26-27). It was a difficult choice for me because I knew my chances at Dartmouth were good, and I've always had eyes for Yale, but after interacting with the people at Grinnell I was confident it would be where I'd want to spend my undergraduate years. I got some vibe from it that I had always gotten from Dartmouth (small, a high level of academic competence, a lot of personal instruction, generally more laid back than its counterparts--which is a nice way of saying little baggage), and that's why I eventually decided to apply EDII, and why I essentially chose it over those two schools. I intended to break early decision if the aid package wasn't satisfactory, but it was, and I don't regret the decision to go to Grinnell even if the possibility of Dartmouth or Yale were available to me.</p>
<p>Many/most LACs send out a few very early notifications to outstanding applicants (congratulations you few!). It doesn't mean my D or your D aren't getting in, it just means that those people were the top of the application heap. The bulk (probably 98%) of the admissions decisions will be mailed at the end of March. </p>
<p>My D is well prepared for Grinnell, but she also knows that they had a huge surge in applications this year. In addition, Grinnell is a very self selecting bunch of applicants (it is in the middle of a cornfield, after all). So, even though they have a decent acceptance rate, their applicants are generally all highly qualified. She is hopeful because she visited and really loved it (even the ruralness) , but says she won't be surprised if she is waitlisted or denied. Her CR/M combined are 1470 (they don't count the writing) and her gpa is 4.07. She is a strong candidate, but she is still nervous. Luckily, she has an EA school that she already got into and likes, so no matter what happens she will be going to college. :)</p>
<p>Congratulations all you early people!</p>
<p>My brother just got accepted early RD.</p>
<p>Stats:
Hispanic Male from public Long Island HS.</p>
<p>CR-690 M-690 W-670. 93 UW. 25/343</p>
<p>Yay! I got my early acceptance letter yesterday (though the letter itself was sent on the 28th of February) +$10,000/year in merit scholarships. I'm thrilled :)</p>
<p>Congratulations to all you early birds! </p>
<p>My sad daughter now feels her chances for admission to Grinnell are slim, but I think it's better to be prepared for rejection. A denial would have come as a huge surprise, since her college counselor categorized Grinnell as a "safety" for her. All signs pointed to an acceptance.</p>
<p>Even if she is admitted, we can't afford Grinnell, so if she doesn't get a lot of $$ it's a no go. It sounds like the top students who are being offered nice scholarships are being given the thumbs up, and she is obviously not one of those!</p>
<p>I'd rather give birth again than go through this agonizing process! At least then you can scream for an epidural!</p>
<p>je<em>ne</em>sais_quoi, too many guidance counsellors have been hyping Grinnell as an undiscovered gem for it to be a safety for anyone. The best thing for your psyche is to make a list of reasons you didn't want to be there anyway. The complimentary email bodes well for you, though.</p>
<p>That is great advice, pjpj. </p>
<p>I couldn't believe the guidance counselor said Grinnell was a safety. I remember quizzing her on this, "Really? A SAFETY?" She said, "For someone with these (whatevers) coming from this high school, YES!" Even though part of me was puzzled, I wanted to believe her. She was the expert! What's worse, my daughter believed her! Why wouldn't she?!</p>
<p>It's all about intangibles with these schools--liberal arts schools generally, but schools outside the Northeast and California especially. Someone with a great SAT score and an astronomically high school GPA with a common app essay that essentially comes down to "I wanna go to college cause I'm supposed to" is going to lose out more often than not to someone with a good story and 250 less on their SAT and .8 less of a GPA in high school. Once you reach a school where the acceptance rate is <25% it basically turns into a crap shoot for 99% of applicants anyway.</p>
<p>If your daughter is "into" the school, hopefully she managed to get that across to the people in admissions. Yale doesn't need to hear why you want to go there, MIT hears that they're great every day. Emphasizing interest to a lot of these smaller out of the way schools can make a big difference. I wouldn't lose hope just because some RD applicants are already getting their acceptances.</p>
<p>I think she has conveyed her genuine interest to the Grinnell powers-that-be without getting obnoxious. She has stayed in touch with her regional admissions person, though she hasn't sent an update since the mid-year report went out. </p>
<p>Good advice, tetris-person. Thanks!</p>
<p>The 2006 Fiske and Insider's guides listed the acceptance rate as 63%. When we visited the college, they said it was more like 36%. But absolutely, most people won't hear until later, so it's way too early to be concerned. GC's need to realize that there just isn't as much safety out there as there used to be.</p>
<p>The essay-complimenting e-mail is supposed to be a very good sign, so--I don't want to get your hopes up, but don't give it up as lost either--or the merit money. It's just too soon to tell.</p>
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This was discussed a while ago, it was a percentage that was reported in some newspaper and got picked up in other places. Grinnell didn't seem overly interested in going out and correcting it, though. If I recall correctly the acceptance rate for either 05 or 06 was exactly 37%, with ED having much higher numbers than RD (which is par for the course), so what you were told sounds about right.</p>
<p>The new books have corrected numbers, but, of course, by the time they publish the books, the numbers are already old news. I'm sorry to say, I was so excited for my son when he got his early write last year, I don't recall thinking how it would feel to those who didn't get them. But I think it is a very small percentage who get in this way and maybe half of them accept. There are plenty of acceptance letterss still to come. I get the impression they're trying to increase their percentage of international students, so that may have impacted to early acceptances this year.</p>
<p>Do you think more than one student from the same high school would be admitted? One of my daughter's classmates just heard yesterday that he was offered admission (early notification). They are really quite similar down the line.</p>
<p>There should be no problem for them to admit more than one student from a school. From what I've read of the admissions process (at another school), the candidates' files there are not organized by school but rather by region, in the order in which the files are completed. The regional admissions person generally makes the first cut assessment. Grinnell also has admissions officers with regional responsibilities, so assuming a somewhat similar process at Grinnell, there's no reason why your daughter's file would be read around the same time as her classmate, so there should be no implicit comparison even.</p>
<p>my friend and I both were admitted and we go to the same school, so i wouldn't worry about that</p>
<p>I just found out this morning! I received one of the scholarships as well ($40,000 in total). I am so excited...Grinnell is truly one of top choices for schools : ]</p>
<p>I'm glad to know Grinnell admits more than one student from the same high school class. </p>
<p>Are you guys hearing in the mail or email or both? Does your pioneerweb account reflect the early notification?</p>