Most prestigious SLAC in the Midwest?

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Another vote for Carleton!

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Anonymous wrote:I have to agree with others. I never heard of Carleton. I know zero about it. Going to two Ivies, and in 30 years working in DC, I've met graduates of the three others. But never Carleton.

I’m shocked you don’t know about Carleton. It’s a very strong school filled with very high-achieving yet quirky kids. Great education.

+1 also shocked. Carleton grads get a lot of PhDs. And show up in abundance everywhere that PhDs are common.

I guess you can be shocked, but I'm just reporting my own experience. I know lots and lots of people in dc, particularly in the policy/ political/ foreign policy world, and can't recall ever coming across a Carleton grad-- and I do a fair amount of hiring, especially over the past decade. I have nothing against the school, just saying that I know zip about it, while knowing lots about other top slacs.

Do you deal with law firms? Lots of Carleton grads at the best DC law firms

Yes.

I'm a lawyer and I know many Carleton grades at top firms

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Second.

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Anonymous wrote:Oberlin and Drake are probably the most prestigious. Macalester and Albion also have a lot of international students.

Drake isn’t a liberal arts college. Albion has a lot of financial issues- doesn’t surprise me they’d recruit full pay international students.

Drake is a liberal arts college...Albion is very well-regarded.

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Anonymous wrote:Oberlin and Drake are probably the most prestigious. Macalester and Albion also have a lot of international students.

Drake isn’t a liberal arts college. Albion has a lot of financial issues- doesn’t surprise me they’d recruit full pay international students.

Drake is a liberal arts college...Albion is very well-regarded.

Are you just messing around? Drake seems like a fine school, but it's a regional university, not a SLAC, and not highly ranked nationally. Albion is ranked 152 for US LACS by USNWR (compare with Carleton (5) and Grinnell (11)).

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Hillsdale

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Anonymous wrote:Hillsdale

For right-wing nut-jobs.

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Anonymous wrote:Oberlin and Drake are probably the most prestigious. Macalester and Albion also have a lot of international students.

Drake isn’t a liberal arts college. Albion has a lot of financial issues- doesn’t surprise me they’d recruit full pay international students.

Drake is a liberal arts college...Albion is very well-regarded.

No. It’s not. By definition, it’s not.

See, even they say it’s not:
https://www.drake.edu/about/

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Why is this thread continuing? Carleton is undisputably the most prestigious LAC in the midwest by every metric. No other school even comes close.

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Albion is not very well regarded.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is this thread continuing? Carleton is undisputably the most prestigious LAC in the midwest by every metric. No other school even comes close.

BS. Grinnell comes close to and even surpasses Caleton on many measures.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is this thread continuing? Carleton is undisputably the most prestigious LAC in the midwest by every metric. No other school even comes close.

BS. Grinnell comes close to and even surpasses Caleton on many measures.

This statement is patently incorrect and you know it. Nice try.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is this thread continuing? Carleton is undisputably the most prestigious LAC in the midwest by every metric. No other school even comes close.

BS. Grinnell comes close to and even surpasses Caleton on many measures.

This statement is patently incorrect and you know it. Nice try.

True. obviously it's Kenyon or Oberlin.

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Grinnell’s endowment dwarfs those of Carleton, Kenyon and Oberlin and the quality of its student body is higher than Kenyon and Oberlin and essentially the same as Carleton.

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Anonymous wrote:Grinnell’s endowment dwarfs those of Carleton, Kenyon and Oberlin and the quality of its student body is higher than Kenyon and Oberlin and essentially the same as Carleton.

Agree. Carleton has a wealthier student body, they don’t award merit aid and slightly more of its graduates go on to get PhDs. They are on trimesters, which has pros and cons.

Grinnell, Kenyon and Oberlin do offer merit aid. Grinnell is more diverse economically and racially than Carleton.

They are all good schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Grinnell’s endowment dwarfs those of Carleton, Kenyon and Oberlin and the quality of its student body is higher than Kenyon and Oberlin and essentially the same as Carleton.

Agree. Carleton has a wealthier student body, they don’t award merit aid and slightly more of its graduates go on to get PhDs. They are on trimesters, which has pros and cons.

Grinnell, Kenyon and Oberlin do offer merit aid. Grinnell is more diverse economically and racially than Carleton.

They are all good schools.

This and the potential/success of graduates is not really about the school but the individuals.