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[quote=Anonymous]Carleton definitely has more physical science majors, but numbers are flipped for biological sciences, with Macalester having three times more, which is curious. Maybe being in the city helps with pre-med shadowing and internships. Rochester is still a good drive from Northfield during snowy times. I bet there are summer opportunities too though. And Carleton does have top notch grad school placement in most all the sciences if that is in their future.

If history is an interest, St. Olaf has their Conversations programs: Asian, America, Environmental, Enduring Questions. These are sequential, cross-curricular programs of 3-5 classes. Enrolled freshman are grouped in the same dorm. My STEM kid was able to meet most humanities core requirements in his Enduring Questions classes (kind of a great books/western civ approach which is probably falling out of fashion). The reading lists were extensive but it turned out to be a fascinating, self selected group of students.

Honestly, I adore all three of these schools. My daughter will tour them all and I'm curious to see which she likes best. She really liked Grinnell when we toured, for what it's worth. My son did no school tours because of Covid. Maybe go in February. It does get cold there. But the coldest days are the sunniest.[/quote]

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