Carleton College Top Questions

Although Northfield, Minnesota has been there since 1855, it has been slow in its journey torward the urban end of the small town spectrum. There are no movie theaters or malls in Northfield and its main street is only about a mile long. Although the small town apperance of Northfield gives off a very pleasant and relaxed atmosphere, the lack of the activity present in bigger cities, like Minneapolis, is very evident. The most frustrating thing about my school is that although it is filled with animated students , there isn't a vibrant community to compliment us.

The most frustrating thing about my school is that students constantly discuss of change but do not put their words to action. Furthermore, despite the students intelligence they can be very ignorant culturally.

The time that we have to spendd doing homework and preparing for classes. Also the high-demand for well written and thought out papers that must be grammatically and structurally correct. Also the social life here is very boring and poor. It is really hard to cope with the social life, being a person coming from a booming and ethusiastic social life.

They got rid of the pre-frosh freshman trips, and the administration still hasn't brought them back, even after numerous complaints by students. We're still working on it, but it's frustrating that they don't get the idea.