Two More Reasons Why Grinnell College Is Awesome!

From a couple recent media pieces...

Grinnell College is seeing a 52% increase in applications for the Class of 2016, twice the improvement as any other school on this list, published by The New York Times Blog.  And more than U of Chicago, Claremont-McKenna, Northwestern, Tufts, and Yale combined!

Also a USA Today story on the success of liberal-arts educated graduates over the rest of college graduates:
(The study) found that students who had mastered the ability to think critically, reason analytically and write effectively by their senior year were:

•Three times less likely to be unemployed than those who hadn't (3.1% vs. 9.6%).

•Half as likely to be living with their parents (18% vs. 35%).

•Far less likely to have amassed credit card debt (37% vs. 51%).

Three Pioneers Make Dean's List

Three Pioneer Football players were named to the Grinnell College Dean's List for the Fall Term 2011:

 

        Trent Baker '15                    Drew Blumberg '13                          TJ Schaid '13

These intelligent guys were three of 62 Pioneer student-athletes named to the Dean's List.  Congrats men!

A Note From Grinnell's President

On Monday, Grinnell College's President, Dr. Raynard Kington, posted an editorial in the Des Moines Register to clarify some misinformation about the College's tuition and financial aid packages:

The Jan. 8 Sunday Register story regarding the “list of things that will be more expensive in 2012” exemplifies the widespread misunderstanding about the published price of college tuition, room and board versus the much lower net price that most students actually pay.

At Grinnell College, thanks to generous financial aid policies, our price is “discounted” by an average of 64 percent because of college-funded aid and grants.

Only 15 percent of our students pay the full tuition, room and board. Overall, although our fees may be greater, Grinnell graduates have a much lower average debt ($18,578) than do graduates of either the University of Iowa ($27,391) or Iowa State University ($30,062), according to The Project on Student Debt .

— Dr. Raynard S. Kington, president, Grinnell College, Grinnell

Chris Jarmon Keeps Blogging!

Senior offensive guard Chris Jarmon is quasi-famous for his blog The D3 Experience where he wrote about playing small college athletics and his time at Grinnell, following his collegiate start at Colorado College.

Now Chris is at it again!  He's started a new blog, Blind Side Blog, where he'll analyze and dissect the game of football from a lineman's perspective.  For example, here's a part of his take on Monday night's BCS National Championship Game:

Everyone on the left side is still doing their job, but the right side is in DEFCON-1. The right tackle over-set his feet because he knew he had help to the inside, and he had to respect Hightower's outside rush speed. Now he's realizing his only help will come from the center, and the help won't make it in time. Jefferson has the bubble open, but it's well-covered and won't get enough yards for the first. He's looking for something deep to come open, but there isn't nearly enough time.