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[quote=Anonymous]I ended up at a lower-ranked college that I preferred over a higher-ranked one because of a fluke.

I'd applied to our state flagship and a regional college that I considered a safety. In my HS honors program, everyone just assumed you'd go to the flagship if you got in. I got in, then got denied by the safety. Getting the denial upset me and made me realize how much I really did prefer it to the flagship. I called the admissions office to ask about their summer options. They pulled up my file and saw that none of my application had been scanned in (this was a long time ago!), and all they had were my test scores (very high). They'd known there'd been a scanning screw up and had fixed what they could but missed mine. They told me on the phone I was admitted and I went there.

It was kind of a more dramatic version of the advice to flip a coin when you are having trouble choosing between two options and focus on how you feel about the result.

Peers gave me crap about turning down the flagship but the other school really was a better fit, I did well there, and it set me up well for my career. [/quote]

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