I’m surprised to be the first person to start this discussion! Anyone waiting as anxiously as we are?
I’m waiting! Hoping for the best
Here too! Has anybody gotten anything besides the email saying we’ll hear back 12/13?
Yup!! 9 days left- can’t wait
4 days left. The wait is killing me but I have to stay positive.
If the email says we’ll hear back ‘by’ 12/13 at 8PM, does that mean we might hear back before?
I was wondering the same thing today. I wouldn’t count on it, but it’d be nice if we did. The wait is killing me.
@nickmcollins Tho it literally means this way, I think all schools say this and hardly anyone of them posts decisions out there earlier. You can just understand “by” as “on” lol.
This wait has been killing me too. These past couple weeks have felt like the longest of my life. Only a couple more days!
Where are you guys from?
Omg portal is changed!! No decision yet tho
I’m going insane, I don’t know if I can wait another 30 hours
@lacscn after checking last year’s RD thread, apparently in the email they said “at 8pm,” so unless I’m nitpicking here, I think it’ll be out earlier tomorrow (b/c they said “by” in this year’s email).
I’m probably being super pedantic here, but I’m just going to believe that the decisions will come out earlier.
I’ve been checking the portal every 10 minutes… it’s excessive but I can’t stand the thought of it being there and me not knowing… why do you guys love Carleton? It’s definitely the people for me - I’ve never felt more at home anywhere and I love the way the professors teach.
@lacscn you can rest easy, it’s not tonight, according to my intel. Tomorrow for sure. Just maybe before 8 tomorrow.
For me, what I love about Carleton is not one specific thing–it’s all the small things that come together there. The small town, the amazing people, the wonderful classes and professors, the traditions, etc. I could go on but overall it was just a gut feeling that made me apply ED.
@nickmcollins dang, keep us updated with that intel though 
@runnergirl31 I got that gut feeling too. The one downside for me is that it is in a small town, but I think it’ll be okay since there’s still about 20,000 people there and it’s less that an hour from the Twin Cities if I really need to get into the city. I visited a lottttt of colleges and none of them even came close to Carleton
@lacscn What colleges did you visit? What did you like about those? What did you like about Carleton?
I’ve only visited Reed and Whitman, since I live close to them. I felt at-home at both of them - Whitman/Walla Walla is damn cute and cozy, and Reed is in a large city with a ton to do on the weekends, but with a very old-fashioned, Gothic architecture style I absolutely hated. These are surface-level things, though.
What drew me to Carleton was the strength of its Mathematics department, and how it wasn’t as stupidly expensive as Reed (for my family, at least). Alongside the trimester schedule and my very positive experiences with Carleton alumni/interviewers, this is what made me apply ED.
@Tokharoi I visited University of IA, IA State, University of Minnesota, UCLA, USC, Augustana University, Macalester, Carleton, St. Olaf, Grinnell, the 5 Claremont colleges, RPI, New College of Florida, Cornell College, Luther College, and Reed. My favorites would be Harvey Mudd, Reed, Carleton, and maybe NCF. I didn’t know that I would like LACs until I decided to visit one (Macalester). I thought it would be a good idea just to make sure big and public was what I wanted. I ended up really loving the small, liberal arts atmosphere so I visited a lot more. I liked Harvey Mudd because it’s so strong in STEM and I’ll be majoring in chemistry so that’s important to me. I also liked that there were 5 colleges right there so there were a ton of resources. It was a little bit too intense for me, though - it seemed cutthroat, maybe I just got a bad impression but I really prefer the collaborative environment. I liked Reed and NCF because the students were extremely intelligent but not obsessed with scores/grades (because neither of them have grades, although I guess Reed kind of does, it just wasn’t a big thing). They both have GREAT senior research, imo. The students there wanted to learn for the sake of learning, and I really loved that. Portland is also awesome. What I didn’t like about Reed was its price (stupidly expensive for me too). Both also seemed too politically charged for me. I am liberal, and I’m not shy about it, but I really dislike it when different opinions are shut out. If someone is educated about a topic and has a different viewpoint than mine, I’m definitely going to listen to them express it (even if I disagree). I think that’s the only way you can really have a good discussion. Same thing with Macalester. NCF also has a huge drug scene, which I’m not into. I really loved Carleton because the students were so inclusive and intelligent and friendly. Their sciences are very strong, which isn’t necessarily true of a lot of LACs. The teaching is amazing- I sat in on two classes and learned more in each of them than I do in a week at my high school. I liked that another college was also in town (St. Olaf). I also liked its proximity to the Twin Cities- I really love Minneapolis. Study abroad is extremely common, and I plan to study abroad at least once during college. Being conservative wasn’t exactly common there, but people would listen and engage in a discussion with you if you had intelligent points. I enjoy the trimester system. Of course, the financial aid is very good (according to the net price calculator). There are all of these reasons, but there was also just a feeling at Carleton like it was the place I was supposed to spend the next 4 years. Here’s hoping I get the opportunity to.
I hope you get in as well! That’s great that you were able to visit so many different schools and different types of schools to compare. Even better that you liked Carleton the best - I made the right choice for ED, then - I also value a collaborative student culture, and I also really dislike the drug scene and politically charged atmosphere of Reed. It’s not exactly conducive to a great academic environment.