| Honestly, if you pick a school based on "academic reputation" or "prestige" without looking at other things, like the social setting, you are not doing a good job choosing a school.
Some people can adapt anywhere, some people will be miserable at some schools. That's the way it is. Being miserable for 4 years is not worth going to "the best school in the whole country, OMG!!!!!!oneone!!!!11." If you're not happy, you won't do as well as you could. And it's time that you can never get back, time that many people think is the best of their lives.
Many people on this board have skewed perceptions on colleges, and reality as a whole... |