| Here's one for my university counselor: No, I'm not going to Dartmouth because it's the most prestigious school I was accepted to. I'm going because it made the most financial sense, because they have the academic programs I'm interested in, because of the undergrad research opportunities, because I've realized that I do want a coed school, because of the calendar system, because it's just the right size for me, because the skiing's better, because I want to get out of the Mid-Atlantic after six years in DC, because (again!) it made the most financial sense, and because I really, genuinely do believe that I'll be happy there. I didn't even apply to Harvard, Yale, or Stanford, and I don't understand why you still think I'm such a prestige whore. Can't you give me a little more credit than that? |