<p>Hi, I posted a similar thread in the Wesleyan forum, but was recently looking at Carleton so I thought I'd just add one here. Can anyone tell me if you think it would be a good fit? some information: sat 2290 / 790 and 780 for subject tests, interested in international studies / literature / philosophy / anthro / japanese. i'm doing chicago EA, and am looking for a school that is intellectual, academically rigorous, fun, and unpretentious (??). liberal, activist types would be interesting too. other schools i'm applying to include tufts / berkeley / brown.</p>
<p>No one has answered, so I’ll try. Carleton seems to me, from my perspective as a parent, to absolutely meet your criteria of “intellectual, academically rigorous, fun and unpretentious.” Liberal, yes. Not sure about the activism piece, however, only because activism isn’t really on my current student’s radar screen. I will say that for my child Carleton has also lived up to its reputation of having the happiest students. The work is intense and challenging, but it occurs within a supportive, cooperative, fun environment. I encourage you to visit and see for yourself.</p>
<p>I can’t speak to Wesleyan as I’ve never been there. Sorry.</p>
<p>From what I can glean from talking to students, alumni, and visiting I’d say yes to all accounts. But definitely take a visit if you haven’t already</p>
<p>Thanks! I don’t have the opportunity to visit. Anyone knows anything about the strength of the philosophy / econ departments at Carleton, and if the job placement after graduation is good? </p>
<p>The econ department at Carleton is very strong, and you cannot go wrong there. </p>
<p>My older DS did a lot of research on it when he was applying to college. He is a math and econ major and dissected the departments of the schools to which he applied. Carleton made the list of his top 3 econ departments, and he applied to several top 10 schools, most being top 5.</p>
<p>The Carleton econ department takes its foundation from John Bates Clark, a renown neoclassic economist. Here is some reading about him. It is Wikipedia, but I read the page, and it is a good synopsis.</p>
<p><a href=“John Bates Clark - Wikipedia”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bates_Clark</a></p>
<p>I cannot speak on the philosophy department.</p>