<p>True dat, dhlee. I applied early to Penn and got deferred. I was devastated…but over the course of two months realized that I probably wouldn’t have been happy at Penn - it’s too big, right in the city, etc. I then gravitated toward Dartmouth, which was my obsession - now, after 3 years at Tufts, I shudder to think about going to Dartmouth, because I couldn’t go to college in the middle of nowhere, where there’s basically nothing to do for socialization except frathouse basement drinking. </p>
<p>And not to perpetuate Tufts as the Ivy League Reject school, but really, I wasn’t seriously considering it until my acceptances came in, and even then we sent in our deposit hoping that I’d get into Dartmouth or Columbia off the waitlist. When those proved to be a bust, I finally had to think to myself, I AM GOING TO BE A TUFTS STUDENT. But as the summer progressed and I started talking to some of my friends that were headed to Tufts, and heard how excited they were, I started looking more at the school I had chosen and realizing that it really was for me.</p>
<p>And while I think to myself, “I’m SO glad I didn’t go to NYU-Stern or William and Mary,” I’m sure that had I gone there, I would have found things to love - in the former, being so close to my family; in the latter, the beautiful campus. Or something. Just stay positive!</p>