<p>and if it is, will that make harder Grinnellians' transition to the real world after they graduate?</p>
<p>uhh esp. alumni, please reply this one !!
Thank you</p>
<p>I'm a mother of a student -- so I can't speak with the authority of a student but that's not going to stop me! I'm not sure that Grinnell is any more of a bubble than any other LAC. It's bubble-like in that it's a small, close community made up of people who have much in common. It's not bubble-like in that Grinnell students are pushed to work hard by their professors and are encouraged to have off-campus experiences -- off-campus study, internships, community service. In some respects, Grinnell may be less bubbular than other LACs in that its student body is not quite as uniformly rich and suburban as the most elite east coast LACs -- a factor of their generous financial and merit aide policies.</p>
<p>Bubble? Not real? Problematic?</p>
<p>I would not know how to answer this, but ask what are you worried about?</p>
<p>Grinnell graduates do manage to work in the real world. A large number tend to attend postgraduate studies from about every kind of school across the nation. Grinnell graduates make a high percentage of doctorate degrees, professional degrees, etc.</p>
<p>The transition is not a problem. As a northerner, who went to the midwest for college, and now I am a southerner. Heck, my daughter is contemplating Vandy or Davidson -- what could be more southern than that?</p>
<p>If you have a problem acclimating upon graduation, it will be more an inate problem as opposed to Grinnell bred problem.</p>
<p>Do not avoid Grinnell out of concerns of it being Never Never Land.</p>