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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They are all good schools. The city of Beloit is not very nice though. A good LAC in Wisconsin would be Lawrence University. The Appleton area is nice.[/quote]

Beloit has a very cute renovated downtown area -- there's not a ton there, what's there is nice. I think I expected downtown Appleton to be a little more robust based on what people told me. I liked it fine, but there were plenty of empty storefronts downtown.

OP, I have visited all. They're very different!

Carleton is the most intellectual and intense. Kind of nerdy in a good/charming way. Filled with very smart kids who are at once driven and laid-back (Ben Wyatt from Parks and Rec went to Carleton and that felt perfect!). Cute, small downtown.

(Worth seeing St. Olaf while you're there. It's beautiful, the kids are smart and hard working, but on the whole seemed less quirky than the Carleton kids. Great merit at St. Olaf, pretty sure there's none at Carleton.)

Macalester is nice, a little crunchy, in a safe and quiet part of St. Paul. Felt like a lot of women who wanted to work in international relations, but maybe that's just the people we met and saw. Supposed to be quite strong in the sciences, too (maybe all the STEM kids were in the lab). I didn't like the campus as much -- felt kind of oddly 1980s.

I kind of fell in love with Beloit. The place felt infused with heart. It's the kind of school that wants its students to absolutely love learning, a good place for curious kids who march to the beat of their own drum, maybe some of whom hadn't hit their full stride in high school could really blossom there. Surprisingly international student body. Can't say enough about how nice everyone was. A beautiful new science center and student center. Older dorms but I think they were starting on renovating some. They give great merit.

Lawrence was interesting. It's a big music school, which brings something really nice to campus -- there's fantastic music everywhere. I didn't think the campus was especially pretty, but it was a grey day when we visited. Felt almost like a miniature state school, with tons of different kinds of kids. Great merit. [/quote]

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