<p>Although I haven’t yet been a student there, I just can’t see Carleton as being elitist when it has so little name recognition among the public at large.</p>
<p>Person: “So, where are you going to college next year?”
Me: “Carleton.”</p>
<p>Scenario A (about 10% of the time)–
Person: “Oh, cool!”</p>
<p>Scenario B (a good 90% of the time)–
Person: --blank stare–
Me: “It’s in Minnesota.”
Person: “Oh, [insert comment about the cold weather].”</p>
<p>I get the impression that a lot of Carleton students could attend some of the bigger-name schools if they chose. Instead, they choose Carleton, because they know how awesome it is and they don’t mind if their friends and family members haven’t heard of it. I think that’s cool. :)</p>