VISIT GRINNELL Top Recruit Visit Invitation

The next step in our recruitment process is inviting you to visit campus! This is the most important step for our prospective Pioneers because they get to experience Grinnell first hand, and they get to see our team in action (on and off the court!).

As one of our top recruits, you are receiving our first invitation to visit campus. We want to be sure that we schedule your visit as soon as possible, to ensure that you get a chance to spend time with our athletes and coaches.

The best time to visit Grinnell is in September and October. Classes are in session and our athletes are in pre-season training. This time of year also tends to be less hectic for our recruits as it is before the season begins.

Remembering a Visit: Cristal Coleman ‘14

Visit Options

Discover Grinnell

Indiv idual Visi t

Discover Grinnell is a day to explore Grinnell! Our admission office runs this program on Friday September 21 and Friday October 5. During Discover Grinnell you will be able to attend class, speak with professors, tour campus, spend time with the team, and spend the night in the residence halls! Registration for Discover Grinnell is located on our admission page under “VISIT”. It will be up and running at the end of August.

We welcome visits from our top recruits any time that is convenient for their family. Our only requirement is that your overnight visit includes one weekday. Many of our visits occur over Friday-Saturday or Sunday-Monday. We require this so that you can attend a class while on campus. For your individual visit we will host you with a Pioneer, have you take a campus tour, and visit a class. You will also be able to sign up for an admission interview. Depending on your visit, you may be able to attend a practice or a game as well! You can set up an individual visit with Coach Gluckman or with our admission office.

Check out pioneers.grinnell.edu for updates on the Pioneers!

Admission Contact information:

800.247.0113 admission@grinnell.edu

I remember when I visited Grinnell during the “Discover Grinnell” program in 2011; it was the first time I got to experience campus while students were present. I was first introduced to a group of multi-cultured students; we had lunch and shared analytical discussion of rap artists Kanye West and Nicki Minaj. It was intellectual and fun, but the thing I enjoyed the most was when I was introduced to the women’s basketball team. That evening we had dinner and enjoyed social events at Grinnell’s Harris Center, and within a half’s day time, I felt less like a prospective student and more like a member of the team. After having now spent a year at Grinnell, I realize that the feeling of belongingness I felt in that one day at Grinnell was just the beginning of the lifetime experience of being a Grinnell Pioneer.

We encourage a class visit during your time on campus for a number of reasons. The first and most important is that academics at Grinnell are our top priority. We want our recruits to understand how classes at Grinnell are conducted; you’ll begin to see that our students are very motivated, our professors engaged, and that classes are often a time of intense discussion and exchange of ideas.

Our professors play a very important role in our students’ lives. Not only are they instrumental in the classroom, but they also engage our students in out-of-classroom learning. There are a number of opportunities to do research or an independent study with our professors. Many of our faculty live in Grinnell and are available to our students for extra help, office hours, and many come to our home games to cheer on their students. We work hard with our professors to limit missed class time during the season and are in constant communication about our student-athletes’ academic performance.

We take pride in our team’s academic success. This past year we maintained a 3.4 GPA and were honored as one of the top 25 academic programs in the nation.

Why is a class visit important while visiting Grinnell?

The most important part of your visit to Grinnell is the opportunity to spend unstructured time with the team. This opportunity allows you to see how they interact with each other, other students, and how they manage their time and handle their academic and athletic responsibilities. It also allows you to get to know their personalities, their goofiness, and their core values!

Our team culture is of the utmost importance to us. We want to recruit student-athletes who have a team-first mentality and who are looking to belong to a tight-knit group of scholar-athletes. We have women from diverse backgrounds on our team, but their desire to be great basketball players bonds them together. This shared goal is what propels us forward as a program.

What’s the most important aspect of the visit?

Questions we’d love for you to ask during your visi t !

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ü We’ll have a chance to sit down with you and your parent/s during your visit to Grinnell. We LOVE it when students ask questions- here are some that you might want to consider!

ü How do you promote a balance between academics and athletics? What academic resources do I have on campus if I need additional help?

ü How does Grinnell prepare me for life after college? What have your alumni done?

ü What are your goals and coaching philosophy?

ü What does the yearly training plan look like? Can I play multiple sports at Grinnell?

ü Where am I within your recruiting pool? What impact do you see me having on your program next year? Over my four years?

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Want to see a game on your vis it?

2012-2013 Home Games

Nov. 25 Benedictine 2 pm

Dec. 1 Ripon College 1 pm

Dec. 11 Illinois College 5 pm

Jan. 2 Beloit College 5 pm

Jan. 12 Lawrence University 1 pm

Jan. 23 Monmouth College 5 pm

Jan. 26 Lake Forest College 1 pm

Jan. 29 Knox College 7 pm

Feb 6. Ashford University 7 pm

Feb. 9 St. Norbert College 1 pm

Feb. 12 Cornell College 5:30 pm

Visit dates to consider In September and October.

Suggested Fri/Sat or Sun/Mon Visit Dates No visits available Available Weekday Visits

SEPTEMBER

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

26 27 28 29 30 Classes begin

31 1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Home Football 1 pm

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Home Football 1 pm

16 17 18 19 20 21** Discover Grinnell

22 Volleyball Tournament

23 24 25 Volleyball 7 pm

26 27 28 29 Volleyball Tournament

OCTOBER

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

30 1 2 3 4 5** Discover Grinnell

6 Home Football 1 pm

7

8 9 10 11 12 13 Volleyball 11 am

14 15 Official Practice Begins

16

17 18 19 20

21 22 Fall Break Begins

23 24 25 26 27

28 Fall Break Ends

29 30 31 1 2 3 Alumni Game 4 pm