<p>Don’t shy away from a school just because it’s a strong place. If you’re academically qualified for a school, then you owe it to yourself to become the most prepared person you can be.</p>
<p>Have you seen these schools? Which is the best place for you to grow up? Mature? Assume the responsibilities that you’re asking for?</p>
<p>To grow into the young man who will someday be sitting across a table from a committee, seeking to explain why you’re ready to shoulder the burden of becoming the manager of the most important crisis of another person’s life?</p>
<p>Is that Rice? Is that Austin? Is that Baylor? Might it be somewhere outside of Texas? Only you can tell us the answer to that question, but I will say this: being afraid to tackle the best education that you can possibly find is not the right move. Don’t seek out prestige, but don’t seek out a cakewalk either. Go where you can grow the most.</p>