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St. Olaf at a Glance

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Location:
Northfield, MN
Control:
Private Non-Profit
In-State Tuition:
$35,500
Out-of-State Tuition:
$35,500
Room & Board:
$8,500
Average Financial Aid:
$22,743
Full-Time Undergrads:
3,028
Part-Time Undergrads:
71
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School Website:
www.stolaf.edu
Admissions Website:
www.stolaf.edu/admissions
Financial Aid Website:
www.stolaf.edu/admissions/financialaid
Application Deadline:
January 15
Acceptance Rate:
57 %
Admission Difficulty:
Average
Average SAT Scores:
1780–2130
Average ACT Scores:
26–31

Best Things

Worst Things

  • Clueless people who bring up The Golden Girls when you tell them where you go to school
  • The dating problem
  • The dry campus
  • Everything closes at midnight
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Most Popular Majors

  • Social Sciences & Liberal Arts
  • Languages and Literature
  • Arts
  • Biological Sciences
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Tags: Traditional Colleges and Universities, Tuition: $30K-40K, Student Body: 1000-5000, Minnesota, Town, Bachelor's (4-year)

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t’s not uncommon at St. Olaf to run into second-, third-, or even fourth-generation Oles. This fact, coupled with the school’s outstanding 94 percent retention rate, shows that there is obviously something that keeps drawing current students, alumni, and their children back to the Hill. Sure, if you ask current students walking across campus in mid-February about their overall experience of St. Olaf, they probably won’t extol many praises. But if you catch them when it’s over 45 degrees, you’re sure to hear nothing but great things.

Despite the long winters, the course work, and the stress of life in general, campus is an extraordinarily happy place to be—and it shows. The zombification of students that occurs at other schools (bags under the eyes, clammy hands desperately clutching coffee tumblers, etc.) is a rarity at Olaf. Even in the dead of winter, most Oles are good-humored, friendly people who seem overjoyed to be right where they are. St. Olaf really offers students a wholesome four years, and I don’t mean “wholesome” in the cheesy 7th Heaven way. The school makes a point of nurturing the entire individual. You aren’t seen as an academic machine, you are seen as a person who needs a social and spiritual life in addition to a scholarly one. Olaf truly is a healthy place to be.

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Transportation at St. Olaf College

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'15

Social Work and Youth Services

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Personal Cars

The only draw back to being in the middle of no where, at St. Olaf, is there isn't much to do off campus. Without a personal car, yours or borrowed, the options the school provides don't take you anywhere besides Target.

Feb 04, 2012

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Computers at St. Olaf College

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Social Work and Youth Services

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Labs

The labs at St. Olaf are anything but amazing. Sure they have the nice Mac flat screens, but the labs are only ten computers tops. Nobody uses the labs either, everyone has a laptop you need to keep up with the hectic coursework.

Feb 04, 2012

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Local Atmosphere at St. Olaf College

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Up on the Hill

St. Olaf sits on its own little sheltered island above everyone else. It almost seems like an oasis from the lackluster appeal of town. "Going to Target!" is probably the only exciting thing someone would say about the town of Northfield.

Feb 04, 2012

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