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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The obvious major difference between Carleton and Macalester is the setting.  Carleton is rural, Macalester is not.  The second is academic reputation.  Carleton is elite, Macalester is not.  If my kid got into both and had to pay full price, I'd push Carleton pretty hard.

I had a kid look at both schools along with Grinnell.  DC liked all three quite a bit, but had Carleton at the bottom of the three.  Basically, DC felt that the students there, for want of a better phrase, were trying too hard to be cool.  In the end, DC struck Macalester from the list and and applied to Carleton and Grinnell.  Got into both, but Grinnell offered substantial merit aid.  Since DC liked Grinnell much better anyway, the decision to go there was easy. [/quote]

I'm from MN and know both Carleton and Mac very well--maybe Carleton is more "elite" in terms of acceptance rate, but the caliber of students at Mac are top notch. People I know in the midwest recruit heavily from both schools and think of Mac as being the same way that people in DC think of east coast SLACs like Haverford/Swarthmore/Bates/Bowdoin. For some reason, Mac hasn't gotten the attention on the east coast (though it's very popular on the West Coast). [/quote]

Yes, the admissions rep and a number of folks we met on the tour were from the West Coast.[/quote]

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