Our daughter (math/physics/choir) loves St. Olaf and has found her classes to be challenging, her professors supportive and accessible, and the community open and welcoming. Although she applied to and was accepted at better known and more prestigious (??) LACs, none of them offered the combination of high caliber music and STEM that she found at St. Olaf. And for our family, her merit scholarships mean we are paying half of what we would have if she had chosen that other fine institution (and my alma mater) across town. (Um Ya Yeah!!)
Her dorm room is tiny and outdated but it doesn’t seem to a big deal-close knit community and convenient location make up for it.
She spent interim studying French in Morocco which was an experience of a lifetime!
So far it’s been all we had hoped for. Our message to our daughter is to seek out the opportunities and make the most of her time there. Oh, and make the Piper Center her second home.