Macalester, Oberlin, or Haverford?

paudge
Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:37:48 +0000

Macalester academics, while ranked bellow the other schools, are really quite similar. You will get out of your education what you put into it, and while it may be easier to find the more demanding track at Haverford, it is absolutely possible to get that education at Mac. You simply take more advanced courses, with is easy because there are plenty of them offered. I went through a similar choice, but realized that I was much more uncertain about being able to remain happy at a small, nerdy school in the middle of nowhere than I would be at Macalester. I wanted the city and the very interesting and FUN student body, and after looking through the course book, I decided that I could totally get the education I wanted here. Also, there is no reason to think that attending Macalester will keep you from going to grad school (or a very good grad school). Just keep your grades up, the school has a very good reputation.