<p>what is the proportion of jock and drama queen and punk (those scary looking people with piercings and tatoos… who look like professor snape from harry potter… well they scare me) population at Carleton? Is it more/less/same as other liberal arts colleges like Middleburry, Bates, Claremont Mckenna, Skidmore, Colorado college.</p>
<p>{Random Harry Potter thingamajig: By the way as we are talking about snape… who here thinks snape is evil and who thinks he is good.}</p>
<p>Hi i shd just post my reply to your personal message here to let others see how I view Carleton.
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<li><p>Carleton has a very strong math department, which is closely related to econs. and econ department is not that useless either. it is just not as shiny as the sciences/math departments of Carleton.
Remember: we dont really have to rank/compare the strengths of departments between two schools because they are both really good. maybe this year a few students study econs in Carleton and they all end up in good IBs, then ppl will say Carleton’s econ department is really cool. hah. actually i think in the case of a top LAC such as Carleton, the faculty strength should not be worried. </p></li>
<li><p>Based on the stats, Carleton’s econ department is not that useless. in one batch when there was 19 ppl majored in econs, 2 went to morgan stanley, and 6 went to other ibanks such as goldman sachs, and the rest went on to PhD. how can u say this is weak? Carleton is highly respected for ppl that matters, trust me. it just does not have the "wow " factor as HYP,other than that, it is a really perfect school.</p></li>
<li><p>for the concern of “jocks and drama queens”, i would guarantee you that Carleton has the least number of these ppl. firstly it is a mid-western LAC, where ppl are generally more laid-back and down to earth. 2ndly carleton is famous for its students being “really academically focus and not caring about what they wear or how they look like”, while in the case of Middlebury, the scene would be totally different. thats why i dont like midd. imagine: why would someone come all the way from the cozy home to a place that really freezes ppl’s ass off during winter if they just wanna relax and be punky?</p></li>
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<p>You really have no idea what you’re talking about, do you?</p>
<p>haha, i dont think he does.</p>
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<p>Go and see---- if so many ppl write about the same negative point of a school, it must reflect at least part of the truth, right?</p>
<p>Btw the negative point is that students are arrogant and rich. they dont make friends with u if u are not as rich as they are.</p>
<p>how reliable is student review?</p>
<p>depends on how many ppl write abt one point and how they stress it/ how long they write/ which batch they are in LOL</p>
<p>Students review is an anonymous web site that requires no proof that you’re actually a student at a college in order to write a review. I’ve read posts by people who were rejected by a school, and log on to students review to write negative things about the school (as if they were a student there). Also, studies have shown that people are much more likely to write a negative review of a product, service, etc., if they are dissatisfied than they are to write a positive review if they’re satisfied. </p>
<p>For a more accurate representation of student satisfaction, look at freshmen retention rates and overall graduation rates. Middlebury and Carleton have nearly identical freshmen retention rates, and Middlebury’s overall graduation rate is much higher (94% compared to Carleton’s 87%).</p>
<p>The other ridiculous statement that you made concerns weather
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<p>If you look up average winter temps and snowfall, Carleton’s winters are very similar to Middlebury’s winters (just a little colder).</p>
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<p>When I visited, I hardly saw any of these kinds of people. Maybe a few jocky looking people, but I didn’t talk to them, so maybe they just dress a little jocky without being jocks. I saw one “drama queen” type person, but she was talking to a group of 4 to 5 of the nerdiest people i have ever seen. There were quite a few nerdy people. But, I would say, for the most part, the people are just “normal” I don’t know of any way to define them in a group other than that. They are just normal people. I really liked that. </p>
<p>I think the only possible jocks are the people on the frisbee team. It’s like football or basketball players at big universities. LOL.</p>
<p>There are very few students here who try to cultivate some specific image. The student body is very homogeneous (and inoffensively bland) with respect to style.</p>
<p>And I don’t know what easyeasyeasy is going on about up there, but because in any given class there are about 50ish econ majors, I’m not sure where s/he’s getting those numbers from about post-Carleton outcomes of econ majors.</p>
<p>If you are basing your opinions on studentsreview, then you are not only misinformed but also letting others think for you. Anyone can post anything there. It doesn’t have to be factual. </p>
<p>Is there something wrong with being academically focused? Is there something wrong with dressing a certain way? Why can’t people dress preppy or punk if they want to? Is there something wrong with nerds? Drama queens? Jocks? If you are that hung up about how people dress, I don’t know that any college will suit you. Scared of punks? Why? Because they are different? Would you be frightened of someone wearing a turban? In a wheel chair? </p>
<p>I can tell you that I am offended by some of the remarks here, particularly since they are based on anonymous reviews. We are not rich, and my son is not arrogant. He hasn’t found the student body to be that way, either. Carleton students involved themselves in a lot of community service and the pre-frosh trip is heavy on community service. There are groups that sell soup bowls for the food kitchen, and raise money for Darfur. There is a whole column called “Caught in the Act” which features Carls and their service projects. Many go into the Peace Corps after graduation. </p>
<p>My son gave up balmy 70 degree winters in south Texas without even looking back once, and hasn’t found the Minnesota winters horrible.</p>
<p>If you are that gullible that you believe everything you read on an anonymous student review web page, then I don’t think Carleton is the place for you.</p>
<p>Sorry for the misquote abt econs students. I read it somewhere in this forum, from a thread abt Carleton-vs-Macalester Econs Department.</p>
<p>And sorry for my lack of ability in English expressions… i by no means insulted either schools, namely Midd and Carleton. I ED Carleton and was admitted, My GF ED Midd. Sorry if u felt offended. Really sorry.</p>
<p>The thread starter is an international student as i am. and i think we both mind if our peers in college are obsessed with looking instead of intellectual things such as academics. afterall, the focus on academics is the thing based on which we are selecting colleges. therefore, i intepreted her junk/drama queen as ppl who are not so intellectual, and actually i turned out to be right since we had a chat thru MSN.</p>
<p>And, saying Carleton is heavily focused on academics and Carls do not care how they look like is actually a complement from me as this is the quality of Carleton that made me feel “fit”. </p>
<p>Regarding the studentreview issue, i dont just believe what people say about a particular school if i have only read one comment. However, from the reviews about Midd, I found many negative comments on the same point: arrogant and rich student body. and i think for our International students, this quality of student body hurts since we are generally more nerdy, while the locals are much more vigorous and active. But nevermind, just ignore my previous posts. I should have done more research before commenting on a school that i am not so familiar with. and i am really sorry.</p>
<p>I am an international students too and actually a lot of my friends are getting impressions for schools from studentreview.com. maybe it is because we just lack other sources of information. LOL</p>