Carleton or Wesleyan (happy sad)

CarlosCarlos
Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:09:06 +0000

I applied ED to Carleton with the notion that I would likely be deferred. My 3.27 GPA (putting me, by some ridiculous methodology, in the bottom half of my class. Anyways, that’s a pretty high GPA for a median. It should have been more like 2.7.) and 2310 SAT made me look kinda lazy. At the time I was choosing between Wesleyan and Carleton to throw up what seemed like a crap shot. I chose Carleton because it seemed like it would be easier to get into and less affected, lacking pretense. Miraculously I got in. But I now question the implications of my choice. In an impossible reflection on the objective excellence of each school, I now wonder if I chose the academically lesser school (I understand there is no objective measure of excellence). Is one less prestigious than the other (a mild assault on my vanity)? Buyers remorse be damned! I guess I was just looking for non-biased thoughts on the qualities of each school as a means of comparison, or better yet, an actual comparison. Thanks.