| Geography, at least 4 hours from home. Not florida, louisiana, or anywhere that doesn't have "winter."
Academic reputation and prestige are not the same to me. All of the college I'm applying to have strong academic reputations, but do not have as much prestige in my area becaues they are not Ivys and they are far away.
And the deciding factor... the VIBES. The reason that St. Olaf is my first choice instead of my safety school :-D. It will be such a hard decision for me if I am accepted to any of my "name schools" but i have to figure out what's best for ME, not what will be the most fun to tell people. |