Macalester is a small liberal arts school in St. Paul, Minnesota. It is chock full of smart people from around the world, and as a result the campus is pretty much friendly to everything. There is a suprising diversity on campus given the small amount of kids there, and everyone seems to find a group that they can belong in. As such, the school has a very high quality of life. There is not a lot of school pride about Macalester's athletics, somthing that many would like to change but find it tough with so many international kids and ones who just plain don't care about sports.

Top-notch: is in second tier in midwest schools (after UChicago, Northwestern, WashU, Notre Dame)

Very politically aware and left-leaning, very open to all races, sexual orientations, etc.) There is a little bit of different types of students staying together (ex. athletes hang out with athletes, internationals with internationals), but there are many exceptions.

No frats or sororities, but have many close off campus houses where parties occur. There isn't really any exclusion at these parties, which is pretty cool. There also are international houses (Spanish House, German House, etc.) and themed houses (EcoHouse, Veggie Coop) to choose from.

Pretty easy to find illegal substances

That if they are not an international student they are a white midwesterner

They are all non-attractive

Everyone is very liberal and into the political scene

It gets very cold in Minnesota

You get to know everyone because the school is so small

All stereotypes have some truth in them, including these, but I have found a suprising diversity at Macalester in all the above subjects (except that it does get very cold in the winter)

Dorms are nice, food is good, classes are small, St. Paul/Minneapolis is sweet, everyone is friendly and not a d-bag