Carleton College

I suggest that these two reviewers are nuts and have some personal beef with the school. Check any other review site and you will see nothing but 5 star reviews. This is a great school. I can guarantee you will find few schools that come close. The students, faculty, and administration are unmatched. For the record many of my friends went to the school. Sadly I didn’t, but I have spent a lot of time with grads and a bit with teachers and current students. They are all fantastic.

Carleton talks a great talk but they don’t walk the walk. Their admissions staff is curt to the point of being down right rude. They believe all the hype said about the school and its going to their head.
The profs are very egocentric. This is a VERY small school, in a VERY small town. That alone doesn’t prepare students for the real world.
If you are a white boy from MN with a 4.0 GPA/​35 on your ACT etc. you are maybe one of 45 students to get into the school and that included alumni children. If a women-​your chances are about one of 55.
Don’t bother wasting your time. You can get just as good an education elsewhere.

BOO CARLETON! I went on a camping trip my freshman year, before even starting school, and this one WHITE foo was all like, «Mexican women only cross the border to have their babies here who can then take advantage of the U.S.» while looking straight at me. Yeah, I’m Mexican.
Then this same fool, during a talk at which a dean was present, said something else disparaging Mexican people and blah blah blah. Instead of talking to said dumbass, the dean approached me and said I could go talk to him whenever I felt like it.
Uh…I think the dumbass needed more help then I did.
Anyway, maybe it was my first experience in SUPER WHITE MN but I could not stand the anger and hatred directed towards Latinos and Mexicans. GOD!
And then, my roommate could not understand why we even talked about racism because it was SO pointless. Jesus.
Please consider going somewhere else. Or at least visit the campus to see how many Latinos are actually there (if you are Latino or any other minority).
Boo!