I don’t care for heat of south, and prefer east coast. Like having a lot to do that’s walkable, but not such a vibrant city that it detracts from building a strong school community. Mid-size, very academic, not finance bro vibe, too pre-prof or dominating Greek life. Based on that I think I’d go Brown or one of the Boston schools.

Bowdoin.

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Anonymous wrote:Middlebury

why? I really like what I know about it but why your top choice?

Wasn't my post but it would be up there for me too, so I'll answer. Top academics, LAC, plus the skiing!

I'd go to one of the top LACs if I could do a do-over. In real life, I went to Yale.

University of Michigan because the place is so alive, vibrant and positive, with so many different opportunities (though it may feel too big, or too cold, for some).

Anonymous wrote:Middlebury

why? I really like what I know about it but why your top choice?

Nearing the finish line for the Chinese Language Flagship program with 8 choices: Western Kentucky, URI, Ole Miss, CUNY Hunter, Minnesota, Indiana, Arizona State, and North Georgia. Child chose Hunter, wanting to go to a college in a big city. I'd pick Ole Miss, for the best Flagship program design and Oxford. Mississippi is exotic to my Northeastern background and Oxford oozes literary mystique.

UVA, Dartmouth, or Brown.

Pomona
Bowdoin
Carleton
St. Olaf
Whitman

you mean they'd just let me in?

then Yale or Oxford.

I would choose Kelley Business School. I absolutely love IU, it checks all the boxes, and is a beautiful campus to boot. Plus, Kelley grads make pretty good money, I forgot the exact amounts.

Middlebury

Anonymous wrote:My academic self would love to go to Stanford. I love the sunshine, weather, campus, and the smart/entrepreneurial student body. So intellectually energizing. My fun self would love to go to UC Santa Barbara. Again, I love the sunshine, weather, beach, beautiful campus, beautiful people, beautiful vibe.

I agree - for west coast and sunshine, both answers are the obvious choices for each category. I went to a school very similar to UCSB for undergrad, and it was idyllic. If I got a do-over, it would be a NE NESCAC or IVY to get a totally different experience.

Brown, northwestern, Wisconsin, ucla

My academic self would love to go to Stanford. I love the sunshine, weather, campus, and the smart/entrepreneurial student body. So intellectually energizing. My fun self would love to go to UC Santa Barbara. Again, I love the sunshine, weather, beach, beautiful campus, beautiful people, beautiful vibe.