Carleton is a great choice - we just couldn’t get our DD’s (both accepted) to go that far away since we are East Coast.
Will definitely have my son do some reading about Carleton. Sounds like a great place. He loved what he read about Dartmouth this weekend as a few others have suggested it. Now I need for him to research schools that don’t have such crazy low acceptance rates.
Unless they are outside the top-20/25, they will all likely be sub-20% acceptance rates going forward.
Posting #29 has many great schools, with some very much similar to Dartmouth vibe - DD’s are at one on the list, and they both love it.
Get used to chewing finger nails…