Where are the peeps?

ilmkmom
Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:10:20 +0000

farfella…please yes, could you ask her if she knows anything about the classics program? DS is a Classics nut, and wants to be sure he is in a place where there is plenty of depth and breadth to the program (usually the deprtments are pretty small). He wants a small liberal arts college with easy access to a mojor city (there are not very many of those!) since that would facilitate trips to museums with antiquities collections (and would be great for internships, too).

Also, trying to get my son over the name recognition piece…we live in the deep south, and no one has heard of Macalester…but I keep telling him, that’s actually could be a great benefit for him when it comes to admissions. Honestly, with all I read about Mac, it seems to be the best kept secret around…

Finally, we are visiting in July. Mac on one afternoon, the Carleton early the next morning. We were thinking it would be much more interesting to sleep in St. Paul the night between the two visits so that he could experience the city, walk around campus a while on his own to get the feel. Would the drive to Carleton be tough in the morning with traffic? We’d really like to stay in St. Paul that night, are there any hotels near the Mac campus? And any restaurants, coffee shops, places he shouldn’t miss?

I wish he could see the school when the students are there, but it was very difficult to schedule since we start school in early August here, and I was able to get a great airfare for July.

I would love, love to hear anyone’s reasons for choosing Mac over the other great LACs ou there! Thanks!