"You are the captain of a cruise ship. An explosion in your engine room has just doomed your vessel to sink in one hour. Only one of your lifeboats, which holds fifty people, remains intact. Who do you save, and why?" I found my seat on the first day of Ethics class and read this dilemma off the white board. As students finished trickling into the room, I began formulating my response, noting the methods by which I...

Carleton is powered by wind turbines. What empowers you? (no more than 150 words) The answer is right in front of me: a piece of toast with butter and jam. I keep myself on a tight schedule that involves taking one bite every sentence, thus creating a reward loop of toasty goodness and writing. If it’s not toast, it could be pita with hummus, yogurt with granola, a salmon quesadilla, or leftover Halloween candy. I’m particularly frugal with that...

My #1 piece of advice: don't take both the SAT and the ACT. Instead, take a...

Nerdy, quirky,...

I interviewed for 13 schools before deciding which to apply...

Small liberal arts schools are very similar to one another. My biggest piece of advice when choosing between them: focus on their communities and quality-of-life aspects rather...

My primary motive for attending college is to...

Frisbee, Ebony (student-run and...

My favorite course thus far is Introduction to Microeconomics. At its...

Carleton most significantly falls behind its peer institutions in an unexpected way: its lack of a class review system. Many of my inter-collegiate friends have detailed, online feedback channels...

Carleton’s Career Center is absolutely on top of its game. They host approximately 25 events...

My first college trip was to Pennsylvania, where I toured Haverford, Swarthmore, and Penn to get a sense of the optimal size and location of a...

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