Macalester vs Dickinson

macstudent
Mon, 03 Apr 2006 18:31:02 +0000

I go to Macalester but have visited Dickenson. The number one difference between them is the towns that they’re in. Carlisle is a very pretty town of 18,000 people. Macalester is in a very nice neighborhood in St. Paul, which has a population of 275,000 (and neighboring Minneapolis has 380,000 people). So, even though downtown Dickenson is very nice, there’s just a lot more around Macalester, including coffee shops, restaurants and internships. Dickenson has more of a rural feeling.