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     Driving down rural Highway 10 in southeast Minnesota amidst farms and cornfields, it's hard  to imagine that one of the country's best liberal arts collages lies just out of sight. Nestled in the small town of North field, Carleton attracts a talented, diverse, and intelligent group of students, many of whom were initially considering matriculation at the Ivies. In fact, what sets Carleton apart from its East Coast counterparts is that the campus atmosphere, while intensely intellectual, is at the same time laid-back and friendly. Strangers really do smile at each other in passing, and even in the middle of finals or midterms, Carls can be seen tossing a Frisbee in the middle of campus or building snow forts in the subarctic Minnesotan winters.

     In typical Carleton style, the collage just celebrate the 140th anniversary of its founding with celebratory cupcakes during the half-time of its homecoming football game. although the rural collage still maintains its Midwestern humility, its student body halls from forty-nine state, the District of Columbia, and more than thirty foreign countries. Carls come from a wide range of socioeconomic, ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds, so there really isn't a "typical" Carleton student. Carls often discover their classmates' unique perspectives not just in classroom but also in last-night conversations with their roommates, over a team dinner after sports practice, or on walks with friends in the collage's arboretum.