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Anonymous wrote:SLAC all the way! I loved Duke but my son’s experiences and opportunities at a SLAC are unbeatable.

What school?

Probably Bucknell.

I went to a very large flagship and think I would choose Davidson now.

I went to a blah undergrad in Europe and then an Ivy as an exchange student. In my dreams, I would have picked a beautiful, sunny campus in CA.

Northwestern.

Pomona— small school/5C gives you the best of a SLAC with the social and academic breadth of a larger school, plus it’s in SoCal so winters are a breeze.

Anonymous wrote:SLAC all the way! I loved Duke but my son’s experiences and opportunities at a SLAC are unbeatable.

What school?

I used to visit a friend at Cornell and I loved it. I wish I had applied -- I'll never know! Probably would have gotten in in the '90s, but definitely not today!

U of Hawaii, who cares about studying when you live in Hawaii.

Vanderbilt, then Stanford..

Anonymous wrote:Princeton.

It was when I was 14 and is now.

My parents only allowed me to apply in-state, donut hole family.

TBH, I had straight As and was in the very top of my class--but my SAT scores were slightly below range. I like to tell myself I wouldn't have gotten in anyway.

But--let me add---I had the absolute time of my life at my large state school and turned out very successful.

Met amazing friends for life and stories from those days are hilarious. So no regrets. Prob turned out the way it was meant to be.

Princeton.

It was when I was 14 and is now.

My parents only allowed me to apply in-state, donut hole family.

TBH, I had straight As and was in the very top of my class--but my SAT scores were slightly below range. I like to tell myself I wouldn't have gotten in anyway.

Anonymous wrote:My college search consisted of applying to 2 in-state schools and driving down for a weekend to stay with a friend for my campus visit. Times have definitely changed! If I were a high school student now, I'm not sure I would have picked the same school. I went to my state flagship and had a blast, but I think I would have really thrived at a SLAC. If you could choose a school now, what would your dream school be?

MIT was my original dream school, because I wanted to somehow get around the laws of physics and create faster-than-light travel.

Now it would still be MIT, but for Toscanini’s ice cream.

Anonymous wrote:Went to Yale but at the time my dream school was Duke, however was not accepted.

Jealous…My dream schools would be Yale and Princeton

Williams.

I wanted to go to W&M and I think I still would. I got in but lived in California and my parents decided it was too expensive OOS so I went to a CA school and had a great time but I still love W&M. Makes me a little sad that neither of my kids chose it now that I live in VA!

I liked the size and undergraduate focus and the history of the area (we had family in the DC area and had visited regularly). I ended up picking a CA school that also wasn't huge and had more of an undergraduate focus.