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Why I chose Financial Aid It is very gratifying to leave my office every day knowing that I have made a difference; that I have helped make the financial aid process a little less intimidating or less stressful and am helping make a Macalester education financially possible for students and their families.<\/span><\/p>\n Favorite thing about Mac Love about the Twin Cities I grew up in a small farming community, and I\u2019m still a small-town girl at heart. I appreciate that although we live in a large bustling metro area, you get the \u201csmall town\u201d vibe. There is a sense of community. People are polite, respectful, and genuinely care about each other.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":1030,"template":"","class_list":["post-293","profile","type-profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1106,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/293\/revisions\/1106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/b>I found Macalester twenty two years ago and fell in love with this place. I cannot imagine working anywhere else. I have enormous respect for the staff and faculty I get to work with every day and am grateful for the opportunity to serve the students who attend Macalester. <\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/b>I love the beginning of the fall semester! During the summer months, the campus can be pretty quiet. I love the energy that returns with the students as they arrive in the fall. Returning students are ready for a fresh new year, and I get the opportunity to meet all of the new first-year students who I have been corresponding with over the past year.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/b>You will never be bored in the Twin Cities metro area! There are a large number of museums, theatres, and restaurants to choose from, and the venues are easy to navigate. I especially love that there are so many lakes and parks right in the middle of the city. <\/span><\/p>\n