I am an educator and you bet I have heard of Carleton. Easily the best of the bunch mentioned.

Anyone know anything about Lawrence University?

Anonymous wrote:My husband went to Carleton - but those were not happy years for him. And he said it was "always SO cold!" and he was coming in from New Haven!

Not happy years for him because of the school?

Anonymous wrote:"DePaw and DePaul?"

No and no. DePaul has 16,000 undergrads and 9,000 grad students so is not small or a liberal arts college. DePauw fits the description but is not as prestigious as the other four. I base that on having gone to one of the high schools where everyone on this board wants their kid to be accepted, and not ever hearing about anyone who went there. Not so the other four.

Lots of MoCo grads are heading to Depauw. I can name 3 from Wootton an at least 3 from other schools so far this year, that's 100% more than in previous years.

Carleton hands down.

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Anonymous wrote:Howabout Franklin & Marshall, Bucknell, & Lehigh in PA?

they might be in the eastern mid west of PA--- but no the midwest.

More like the middle (vertically, I mean) of eastern PA, at least for Bucknell and Lehigh.

My husband went to Carleton - but those were not happy years for him. And he said it was "always SO cold!" and he was coming in from New Haven!

Anonymous wrote:What about Miami University in Ohio?

No, that's not a SLAC. It was once called one of the Public Ivies, but it's a major public university. Like 20,000 students there, including 16,000 at the main campus in Oxford.

Good school, but not a SLAC.

What about Miami University in Ohio?

Oberlin is better known, but Carleton is the more rigorous school. Both are excellent.

As for those who have never heard of Carleton--they are not going to matter. The best graduate programs and the most intellectual of white shoe businesses will know, not your average DCUMer.

Where does Denison fit in?

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Anonymous wrote:I am from a very affluent area in MD (DC Suburbs) and the only school in the midwest that was ever mentioned was Oberlin. I didn't know Carleton existed until law school.

Funny. I am from a very affluent area of MD (DC suburbs), went to a "Big 3" private school, and I went to Carleton. And there were quite a few people there from a "very affluent area in MD", even back in my day.

Couldn't have been that many. Carleton is not that big.

Anonymous wrote:I am from a very affluent area in MD (DC Suburbs) and the only school in the midwest that was ever mentioned was Oberlin. I didn't know Carleton existed until law school.

Funny. I am from a very affluent area of MD (DC suburbs), went to a "Big 3" private school, and I went to Carleton. And there were quite a few people there from a "very affluent area in MD", even back in my day.

This post could go on and on and on because of the seemingly endless number of liberal arts schools in the Midwest. I think it's more about the program your child wants to enter and the school fit for the program. I went to Otterbein and had a FABULOUS education, but I guarantee many of you have never heard of the school. I really benefited from small classes, too. I took one seminar class that had 100 kids in it, but all of my other classes maxed out around 20, while most were filled with only 13 kids.

Anonymous wrote:Howabout Franklin & Marshall, Bucknell, & Lehigh in PA?

they might be in the eastern mid west of PA--- but no the midwest.