From the Carleton College Academic Catalog, p. 1:
Carleton College strives to provide a liberal education of the highest quality. The goal of such an education is to
liberate individuals from the constraints imposed by ignorance or complacency and perpare them boradly to
lead rewarding, creative, and useful lives.
Carleton College is an independent, non-sectarian, coeducational, liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, USA. The school was founded on November 14, 1866, by the Minnesota Conference of Congregational Churches as Northfield College. In 1871, its name changed to Carleton College in honor of benefactor William Carleton of Charlestown, Massachusetts, who donated US$50,000 to the fledgling institution. According to current U.S. News and World Report rankings, Carleton College is the #5 liberal arts college in the United States. The College currently enrolls 1,958 undergraduate students, and employs 198 full-time faculty members. Robert A. Oden is the current President.
Academically, Carleton is nationally recognized as a leading undergraduate institution. It is consistently ranked in the U.S. News and World Report's college rankings within the top ten U.S. liberal arts schools (tied for fifth place with Middlebury College in 2007-08). The most recent middle 50 percent of admitted students received 1330-1490 on the SAT Critical Reading and Math Sections, with over three quarters ranked in the top 10% of their high school graduating classes. Carleton consistently enrolls more students in the National Merit Scholarship Program than any other liberal arts college in the country and its Class of 2011 includes seventy-nine National Merit Scholars (which includes both Carleton sponsored and external National Merit Scholars) of its 512 students. The College is a leading source of PhD recipients, and is also recognized for sending an unusually large number of female students to graduate programs in the sciences. Alumni giving, a measure of alumni satisfaction with the College, was 64% in 2006, the highest among liberal arts colleges. Carleton leads all baccalaureate colleges in the number of its students awarded prestigious National Science Foundation Fellowships for graduate study from 1990-99.
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| Percent of Students International: | 5% |
| On-Campus Housing Available: | Yes |
| Percent of Students Living On-Campus: | 86% |
| Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: | Yes |
| Member of: | NAA, NCAA |
| Sports Include: |
Football (Midwest Conference) Basketball (Midwest Conference) Baseball (Midwest Conference) Track (Midwest Conference) |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | Expenses | ||
Published Tuition and Fees: |
$ 32,649 | ||
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 32,460 | ||
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 189 | ||
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 3,326 | 15% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 2,488 | 8% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 15,908 | 64% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 3,942 | 44% | |
Any Aid: |
76% |
| Acceptance Rate: | 29% (Most Selective) |
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| % of Students Submitting SAT Scores: | 78% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Verbal: 660, Math: 660 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Verbal: 760, Math: 740 |
| Application Fee: | $ 30.00 |
| Formal Demonstration of Competencies: | Not Required |
| High School Diploma or Equivalent: | Recommended |
| High School GPA: | Recommended |
| High School Rank: | Recommended |
| High School Record: | Required |
| Recommendations: | Required |
| TOEFL: | Required |
| Test Scores: | Required |
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L & C is in Oregon, and Carleton is in Minnesota. I'm interested in these schools and I hope someone can give me some input! Thanks so much, answers are much appreciated :)
Also if you are familiar with the weather around Portland, Oregon and Minnesota that'd be extremely helpful. Thanks.
30 months ago
Best Answer
Carleton has a great academic reputation (nationally), Lewis and Clark much less so. If I were looking at grad school applicants from each school, with similar test scores and GPAs, and both had great letters of recommendation, I'd favor the candidate from Carleton because of the nationally-recognized rigor of its programs of study.
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