First college visit (Macalester) - How to make most of campus visit

[nmknh]

He loves how compact the campus is and its urban location. Other options he had included a bit larger public (UNC and W&M, we had Match Madness at home, Parents of the HS Class of 2024 (Part 2) - #1671 by nmknh). So it wasn’t comparing among similar sized LACs. Which city/state played much larger role for S24. For example, he was not interested schools in west coast or southern states (we live in NC.)

Here are few thoughts I shared about campus visit in MN:

@nmknh

We saw Carleton and St Olaf one day in early summer, and saw Macalester by itself at a later time. (We live in southeast, but have families in northern MN. That’a where we spend our summer)

My spouse’s family is typical nordic Minnesotans (I am not). Most of them still live in their farms. Anyway, given all that, I thought St Olaf was going to be easy win for my son. Lots of connections to being a part of Norwegians & familiar with ELCA, and even other MIAC schools (I went less selective ECLA/MIAC school, which my son will refuse to attend. )

Well, he loved Carleton. He wished it was in more of urban setting, but even ended up playing a pick up soccer game with students. At St Olaf, it only took him 5 minutes - it was over. He felt it was not inviting. Some of charming features to most of you guys describe, we could feel like visiting some relatives house with lots of past aggressiveness.

No decision yet in our household, but among 3, Mac won. Let’s see where Mac stands among other contenders.