College Summary

[thespazbucket]

Yale-Rejected
Brown-Rejected
Stanford- Waitlisted
Williams-Waitlisted
Dartmouth-Accepted
Harvard- Accepted
Swarthmore- Accepted
UMich- TBD

And to where does the young lass go?

EDIT:
30,000/year to Harvard. Goodness.

Comments

[thelorelei15]

To whichever feels right to the young lass.

Sorry about Yale and Brown, m'dear. If it makes you feel better, I didn't get in to either and I love my college experience. Good luck choosing!

[thespazbucket]

Yeah, I'm alright with it. I mean, after deferring me, it would have been cruel for Yale to waitlist me. And I cope with Brown.

Do I go big school/little school, close or far? At least this is the fun part :)

[latara]

Hm, it all depends one what you want in a school. Luckily all your acceptances are completely different schools so once you figure out what you want hopefully they'll be something in the mix that fits.

I'm really only familiar with Michigan, and I guess somewhat with Harvard (if you need to know about stealing food or bizarre, twisty relationships with math majors, I'm your girl), but yeah, if you need to know anything.

[thespazbucket]

It is a good mix. I have no idea what I want. Working on that.

I probs won't go to Michigan/have no idea if I'll be accepted/if they'll ever tell me, but if I have questions about those Harvard topics, I'll coem to you :)

[latara]

Yeah, I don't know what your opinion is on harvard in general, but really, the people I've met there aside from the ones I already liked have been pretty cool. The dorms are frakking sweet too. I have also been in three dining halls. Why am I such a stalker? My complaint in general would be a lack of elevators in the dorms, GOSH, so many stairs.

My biggest if with Harvard, should I have been in your position, would be if I would want to live in Harvard square and then awkwardly run into belmont people for 4 years.

I used like 10 tenses in there, no wonder I was never in your position.

[thespazbucket]

I grew up in Cambridge, so I do have qualms about living there for another four years. I'm trying to decide whether or not the shock of so many opportunities being available to me as a Harvard student would counterbalance that.

Also they gave me 30,000 a year. So..er...that's now a big factor.

[yosoyempollona]

Congrats darling!
My dad is actually the one that has been calling me to let me know what schools you've gotten into...i dont know why he knows...but he does
I'm so proud of you darling, and whatever decision you make I'm sure will be great.
lovelovelove!

[thespazbucket]

Hahaha, that's adorable :) Your sis is in my one-act and I announced at rehearsal, so it could have traveled along that way....But that's still soooo cute. Oh Julian :)

And thank you very much. It's a happy decision, much happier than the other college shtuff.

[thespazbucket]

Haha, everyone's input counts :) And thank you muchly!

[just_guessing]

Hey, congrats! That's a really awesome list.

I guess it depends a lot on what you want to do, but I'm personally not a huge fan of Harvard. Because it's such a big institution, the undergraduates are often last on the list. I also think that there's a lot to be gained by going somewhere farther away -- in terms of meeting new people, new experiences, and a sense of independence.

The advantage of some of the smaller liberal arts colleges is that you get the same education you would at a place like Harvard, but with professors who care a whole lot more about you.

For me, the most important factors (after theatre dept.) were: urbanity, location, size, and resources. Find out what you want in each of those; they're the things that will affect you most, I think. More than the meal plan or the dorm life, which is about the same everywhere.

Sorry that was really long! I feel like I have a lot to share after agonizing over my decision. On the bright side, you really can't go wrong with any of them.

[thespazbucket]

That is the rep the school has, of being unsupportive of undergrads. I'm trying to interrogate as many current students as I can on that point.

I would like to get away and prefer Swarthmore's location, but then incredible resources at Harvard. Dartmouth more similar to Harvard in terms of resources, but very isolated.

Well, thanks for the input. I'll figure it out, I will be happy no matter where I end up :)

[thespazbucket]

Well, the thing is that by most college's calculations, I don't need that much money. A man gave my mother a considerable sum of money solely to send my siblings and I to college. However, it won't cover everything and once that money's gone, it's gone. Right now, Swarthmore and Dartmouth are offering me nothing. While we would most likely be able to finance a full 4-years at either school maybe without much aid, it's still difficult to refuse 120,000 dollars.