| I chose Carleton over Mudd back in the day because I thought I would find the overwhelmingly male narrow-mindedly science-oriented student body immensely frustrating after a while. Having met a few more Mudders since on things like study abroad and such, I arrive at the same conclusion, but more emphatically. I am so, so glad that I go to a liberal arts college and that most of my friends are humanities types, not elitist "science and math people are sooooo much better than those novel readers" jerks. Carleton's physics program is fantastic and has great placement in grad programs, and you wouldn't be a spectacle here as a female in the sciences. That was my big gripe with my prospie experience at Mudd: as a non-hideous female, I drew many more "You do science and got in here?" type comments than "So what are you interested in?" from current students. If you go on to a PhD in physics, you'll have to deal with plenty of irritating socially screwed up male scientists later. May as well put it off for four years, I say. |