Grinnell College
Breakdown of “Extracurricular Activities” at Grinnell
By Gender
| Males | B |
| Females | B+ |
By Major
| Anthropology | B |
| Biology | A- |
| Chemistry | C |
| Computer Science | A |
| Economics | A- |
| English | C- |
| History/Histories (art history/etc.) | A |
| Language - French/Spanish/etc. | A |
| Math | B- |
| Music - Composition/Theory | A |
| Physics | A |
| Political Science | A- |
| Psychology | B- |
| Religion/Religious | C+ |
| Sociology | A |
| Undecided | B |
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Extracurricular Activities
“... Being a student with low confidence in high-school, though it didn't necessarily appear that was as I was an active member in theater and choir ac...Read full comment
“... However, a quick look at the activities Grinnell offers reveals that the 'activities' at the school are almost all based on political ideology o...Read full comment
“... Students are involved in a hundred different activities and that girl you know from swing dance club is likely to also be your student government...Read full comment
“... There are many social activities on campus, but you have to actively seek them ...Read full comment
“... Oh and the sports here and utterly disgraceful, the college has a rule where no one can be cut from the squads and that makes things truly unrea...Read full comment
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The small school also allowed me to become involved in numerous extracurricular activities: school paper; school radio; sports; managing intra...Read full comment
“... Student involvement in extracurriculars is high among most students ...Read full comment
“... And if you don't want to be involved in it at all, there are enough and more people and activities to turn to ...Read full comment
“... I would also strongly encourage you to join a sports team, if you have ANY athletic ability at all (it's DIII after all ...Read full comment
“... I loved small town life because of the safety and the availability of activities and resources ...Read full comment
“... non-exclusivity of frats still leaves assholes on the sports teams to form their own cliques ...Read full comment
- #1 Top Political Science School Ranking in Iowa
- #1 Top Biology School Ranking in Iowa
- #1 Top Economics School Ranking in Iowa
- #1 Top Sociology School Ranking in Iowa
- #1 Top Psychology School Ranking in Iowa
- #2 Top School Ranking in Iowa
- #2 Top Math School Ranking in Iowa
- #3 Top Religion/Religious School Ranking in Iowa
- #5 Top English School Ranking in Iowa
- #7 Top Music - Composition/Theory
- #17 Top Sociology
- #24 Top Political Science
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