<p>St. Olaf is Carleton’s neighbor, so if you are using location as a criterion, you may want to add it.</p>
<p>Amherst is part of a five college consortium, so you may want to consider the other four (one of which is University of Massachusetts - Amherst, which is apparently not that selective).</p>
<p>Other small rural schools include University of Minnesota - Morris and Truman State University. Both are also relatively inexpensive.</p>
<p>With smaller schools, be sure to check the offerings in your intended or possible majors, since some of them can be rather limited in some subjects.</p>