Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Macalester College St Paul Minnesota



Macalester College

Location: St Paul Minnesota
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It's at the bottom end of the best schools. It's not as well known as NYU, USC or Brown (an Ivy League), but because of that, it's 46% admit rate means it's not impossible to get in even if you meet their standards which is often the case at the most competitive schoos.
 
  • 95 29 Columbia University NYC
  • 29 33 Vanderbilt Nashville
  • 28 33 Brown University
  • 28 32 Macalester St Paul
  • 28 32 Kenyon College Ohio
  • 28 33 University of Southern California
  •         University of California at Berkeley
  • 28 31 New York University
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Brag points:

 
  • admit rate 46% (means it's relatively easy to get in for a school with very high test scores and quality vs more famous schools)
  • The New Ivies: 25 Hot Schools
  • One of the top five liberal arts colleges chosen by National Merit Scholars
  • Class size 17
  • Student faculty ratio 10 to 1
  • 80% of science majors conduct independent research
  • 313 students studied in 50 countries through 119 program
  • 2 out of 3 complete internships, 301 students at 200 sites
  • 63% of grads attend graduate or professional schoosl within 5 years
  • 90% admission rate to grad school
  • Medical school admit rate 40% above national average  
  • 80 languages spoken on campus
  • 21% of US students are "students of color" (that's a bit less than US population, and including Asians)
  • 18% students are citizens of another country
 
 










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