If you could go back to being a HS freshman..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t have taken 12 AP/DE courses in high school along with working to a 1500+ SAT just to get rejected from every top 20 school I applied to, and then have to do another four hard years at UVA. Though I ended up getting into a fairly prestigious med school, I feel like I could have achieved the same result by not taking such a time consuming course load in high school and going to a more academically relaxed college.

I cannot believe you didn't have a more successful college admissions experience. That stinks, but amazing you persevered and became a success!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went to Williams. If I could go back in time, I'd go to Pomona. I grew up in CA and was recruited at Pomona, but I really wanted that east coast, preppy mystique. I ended up staying in New England for law school and then moving here. Decades later, I desperately miss CA and so wish I had stayed there.

But if you stayed in California, you probably wouldn't have appreciated it. And you would have always wondered about the East Coast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went to Williams. If I could go back in time, I'd go to Pomona. I grew up in CA and was recruited at Pomona, but I really wanted that east coast, preppy mystique. I ended up staying in New England for law school and then moving here. Decades later, I desperately miss CA and so wish I had stayed there.

But if you stayed in California, you probably wouldn't have appreciated it. And you would have always wondered about the East Coast.

And California doesn’t have enough water for its residents. Better for everyone if it’s population continues to decline.