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  1. Grinnell College News

    Advising Records After Graduation

    When advisees graduate, advisers may choose to keep their files for a period of time to assist with reference requests. The adviser may then choose to shred the files or to return them to the…

  2. Pre-Health

    Jan 04, 2013

    Pre-Health: Courses | Department

    Students interested in preparing for medical school or another health profession may select any major offered at Grinnell College while completing the…

  3. The First Two Years: Things You Need To Think About

    Jan 04, 2013
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  4. Seek a Balance Of Fields, Skills, And Workloads

    Jan 04, 2013

     

    • Think about the first year as a whole - you'll take about 8 different classes your first year - and also begin to plan for your second year.
    • Study a variety of…

  5. The Reading Laboratory

    Jan 04, 2013
    THE READING LABORATORY provides individual and small-group instruction in reading and study skills, emphasizing reading efficiency, vocabulary building, and methods of effective study (concentration,…

  6. The Grinnell Coincidence

    Jan 04, 2013

     

    Choosing a college is hard — no one is going to argue that. Which is why sometimes little things like a squirrel can help make those decisions a whole lot easier.

    My parents and I…

  7. Squid Attack: Life and Death in the Dining Hall

    Jan 04, 2013

     

    "SQUID!”

    “Get it before it gets you!”

    I was introduced to the tradition of squidding in my first year at Grinnell when, dining at ease with a group of friends, someone yelled …

  8. The Importance of Dorm Decorations

    Jan 04, 2013

    After a full day of classes, there is nothing more comforting than ambling up a flight of stairs and relaxing in my surrogate home, that is to say, my dorm room. When I open the door to my three…

  9. Stargazing Amid the Cornfields

    Jan 04, 2013

    Author:  Kat Atcheson '12

    Do you know what’s really cool? Seeing the stripes on Jupiter. The craters on the moon. The Andromeda Galaxy, which is…

  10. Friday Night Fun

    Jan 04, 2013

    It took a church basement full of grade-school kids to show me how much more there is to Iowa than just cornfields.

    How did this happen? One Friday afternoon in the spring of my second…

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