I’m like one of @“Erin’s Dad”'s daughters–liked Mac, didn’t fall in love with Carleton. Part of it was the difference in setting. Macalester is right in the thick of things, and Carleton is in a small suburb. (The sign I saw going in to Northfield said something like “Colleges, Cows, and Contentment”) 
I liked what I heard on my tour of Carleton, but the location plus the lack of merit aid took it off my list. @“Erin’s Dad”–no tax on clothes in Minnesota, think how much more expensive the Mall of America could’ve been! Ha!