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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Macalester.[/quote]

Can you expand?  My kid is very interested in MaC. Also St. Olaf. [/quote]

Both schools are ok for the kids who don't get into Carleton.  [/quote]

I’m a Carleton grad and this just isn’t true, not to mention rude. They each appeal to very different kids - is there that much overlap in the applicants? I rarely hear of kids interested in more than one of them. [/quote]

yeah, they are pretty different schools and while kids may tour all three if in the area, I would think they'd appeal to pretty different profiles (once you've decided you want a SLAC).  Macalester is in the city and more of a city feel, with int'l students from a wide range of countries.   St. Olaf and Carleton are within 2 miles of each other 45 minutes outside of the city.  Carleton has very brainy, professor in training type feel and St. Olaf is more low-key, probably more conservative.[/quote]

I’m not sure I’d say St. Olaf is more conservative.  It affiliated with the Lutheran church, but it has a huge and well respected fine arts program and gets a lot of art and music and dance and theater kids, many of whom are not in the conservative mold.   It is very big on community— one big dining hall and a daily non-mandatory daily chapel when nothing else is that is a community coming together time for music or to hear a student talk about being overseas or a professor talk. So they build in times each day when the school comes together.  When I’m on campus the word “peaceful” comes to mind. The kids are busy and engaged, but it still feels ... peaceful. IDK. Special place. Gorgeous campus with the Norwegian architecture, wooden buildings, high ceilings, light filled spots. [/quote]
I would just like to point this out:
[url]https://www.google.com/amp/s/thefourthcrown.com/2014/07/26/st-olaf-college-recognized-as-second-best-college-in-northfield-mn/amp/[/url][/quote]

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