<p>I’m at BU right now doing taking two summer courses and though I will admit Carleton’s courses are more enjoyable (though it may be due to the time crunch during the summer) and the instructors are perhaps more intimate, or gifted in teaching, it’s not significantly different. You go to class, you learn a lot, if you apply yourself. BU is nowhere near in ranking as Carleton, and it’s a big university on top of that, you’d expect me to have a mediocre experience, yet that is not the case. This convinces me more than ever that rankings are meaningless once you rise above, say, Top 50, and this is exactly how I view this discussion about “caliber”.</p>
<p>I’m not overly impressed by Carleton (namely, the experience) though I will admit my expectations are probably too high after a kickass summer course at UChicago, but I don’t think I’d like the other Top 10 colleges any better. After all, life is life, and you’re always going to be a little ambivalent about it.</p>