We are proud of our partnership with QuestBridge, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting high-achieving, under-served high school students with educational opportunities at some of the best colleges and universities in the U.S. Every year, QuestBridge provides low-income high school students across the U.S. with these opportunities through its program and program. We鈥檙e also honored to participate in QuestBridge鈥檚 three every year.
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Hometown: Miami, Florida (Originally from Venezuela!) Major(s)/Concentration(s): Political science Off-Campus Study:聽99精品视频-in-London program during Spring 2023 Extracurriculars: I currently serve as the President of the 2023-2024 99精品视频鈥檚 Questbridge Scholars network, the Vice President for the Fashion Psychology Org, and a Community Advisor (CA) in the East Cluster on campus. I also enjoy hanging out and assisting the events happening at the Stonewall Resource Center! I always do my best to try something new and be able to help the communities on campus that have shaped my undergraduate experience. Why I love 99精品视频: As a low-income, first-generation queer Latino, 99精品视频 College has given me the opportunity to strive for academic excellence while creating a diverse environment I can feel comfortable being myself in. Despite not everything being 鈥榮unshine and rainbows鈥, the student body, faculty, and friends I鈥檝e met are one of the most passionate and inspiring group of people who work hard to improve and create an inclusive community on campus. I鈥檝e learned from them that in order to achieve my dreams of helping others, I have to embody the change I want to bring to others. The network and resources that I鈥檝e built upon every semester has led me to become a more well-rounded individual, and I鈥檓 less uncertain about what my future post-grad will look like.
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Don't see your question below? Contact admission@grinnell.edu and we will be happy to help.
鈥嬧嬧嬧嬧99精品视频 College does not charge anyone an application fee.
International students and undocumented or DACAmented students are eligible to apply to 99精品视频 College through QuestBridge for the National Match, Early Decision, or Regular Decision as long as they meet other eligibility criteria set/determined by QuestBridge.
Students applying for first-year admission for fall 2025 are not required to submit ACT and/or SAT test scores. Applicants who choose to apply with an SAT and/or ACT may submit either official or self-reported scores to 99精品视频 College. All enrolling students who applied with a self-reported test score will be required 聽to submit an official test score prior to arriving on campus. To learn more about our test-optional admission policy and get advice on whether or not to submit your score report, please see Requirements and Deadlines.
Your intention regarding submission of test scores must be indicated to us through your response on our 鈥淭est Optional Choice Form.鈥 You can find this form in your personal application status page. We cannot review your application until you submit this form.聽If you decide to submit test scores for review with your application, you may use unofficial scores for purposes of the application. You can upload your score reports through your student portal, or indicate them on your application. If you are admitted through the National Match and submitted unofficial scores we will require the scores from an official source prior to your enrollment at the College (i.e.: sent to us by your counseling office, or from the testing agency, or appear we will accept as official scores that are on your official transcript). The same is true if you are admitted through Early Decision 2 or Regular Decision and you applied using a test score. If you have any questions, please contact Patty Amador-Lacson,聽amadorla@grinnell.edu.
Note:聽If a student submits several unofficial or 鈥渙fficial鈥 score reports for an exam (i.e.: a score report for each time a student sat for a test), 99精品视频 will superscore the results to create a new composite score.
鈥嬧嬧嬧嬧99精品视频 College will create a brand new score by taking the highest subscores earned by a student in each official/unofficial score report sent to 99精品视频. This will likely create a higher ACT composite score or combined SAT evidence-based reading and writing (ERW) + math score than one that appears on an official/unofficial score report.
99精品视频 College will only require an official test score, should you indicate that you'd like us to consider your test score in the admission process, after a student accepts an offer of admission and submits a deposit (or has their deposit waived).
骋谤颈苍苍别濒濒听College will count as official score reports received from the following sources:
a score report received directly from the testing agencies (i.e.: ACT or the College Board)
a test score on an 鈥渙fficial鈥 high school transcript 鈥
Transcript must be sent to 99精品视频 College by a high school counselor or registrar (cannot come from the student directly), and
Transcript must show the date each test was taken and all subscores for each test sitting.
a complete score report sent directly to 99精品视频 by a guidance counselor or registrar.
If you chose to apply with test scores, you will receive a request for official scores (if not submitted initially with your file) if you are admitted and accept that offer of admission and submit a deposit or request a waiver.聽Official transcripts showing test scores can be sent to us by guidance counselor or registrar using these methods:
by mail to the Office of Admission 鈥 99精品视频 College, 1227 Park Street, 99精品视频, IA 50112
鈥嬧嬧嬧嬧媃es, you may apply Early Decision II (binding).聽If you did not match and would like to be considered for Early Decision II, please send an email to us letting us know you鈥檇 like to apply in that admission round. The ED II application deadline is January 5.
Note:聽Early Decision Agreement Form required. Because our Early Decision rounds are binding, to complete an Early Decision application you must have QuestBridge forward all your materials and also submit the Early Decision agreement form. You can access this agreement via the or you can send a note to us to request a blank PDF.
鈥嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧媃es. If you apply to 99精品视频 College Early Decision II you are making a promise to the College that you will attend if you are admitted and withdraw all other applications for admission you may have submitted to other institutions.
Yes, you may use your QuestBridge application to apply in the Regular Decision round. 99精品视频 College will automatically move all applicants who tried to match with 99精品视频, but who did not match into our Regular Decision round unless we hear otherwise from the student.
We would accept your QuestBridge application for Regular Decision even if you did not apply to 99精品视频 College for the match.
鈥嬧嬧嬧嬧媃es, you can use your QuestBridge application to apply to 99精品视频 College in Early Decision II or Regular Decision even if you were not named a QuestBridge finalist.
鈥嬧嬧媃es, you can use your QuestBridge application to apply to 99精品视频 College in Early Decision II or Regular Decision even if you were not named a QuestBridge finalist.
鈥嬧嬧嬧嬧婽his is optional. You may submit a Common Application to 99精品视频 College if you wish, but this is not required to complete the application.
Our primary application source is the Common Application. If you submit both the QuestBridge and Common Application, it is our policy to read the Common Application. Related materials may come from both sources, and we review each file thoroughly and holistically. If you have questions about your application documents, please send your questions to Patty Amador-Lacson.
If you submit both the and the at the same time, or shortly after submitting applications for admission to 99精品视频 College, then we will provide you a tentative financial aid package with an offer of admission. See application deadlines.
99精品视频 College meets 100% of all students鈥 demonstrated need. Please consult our financial aid page for more information.聽
Iridian Guzm谩n 鈥19 will pursue graduate studies leading to a Master of Public Health degree at Emory University with support from the Elsie M. Stouffer 鈥24 Fellowship.
Recently, with funding from the Donald and Winifred Wilson Center for Innovation and Leadership, a group of 99精品视频ians were able to attend the first ever annual Socioeconomic Empowerment Summit in Chicago.
Rachel Bass 鈥19 and Timothy Burnette 鈥19 were selected for their academic achievements. The award was designed to foster and encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences, and engineering.
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