<p>I actually had expected I would just go to SMU or TCU…I also considered a few Ivies up north and Tulane. Which are all great, urban, beautiful, gorgeous environments. Then I saw me some college towns and fell in love. I had that magical feeling at big revered state flagships with tons of campus pride, tradition, and school spirit everywhere you go. I fell in love in Ann Arbor (Michigan), Lawrence (KU), and Stillwater (OSU). </p>
<p>Ended up going with OSU since they are pretty much a Texas school and it was the right size. Big, but not the biggest. So it would mean something if I could stand out, and it was possible. The people there were so good to me, they made the admissions process really enjoyable. Plus the college town environment in Stillwater was awesome, with multiple trendy areas. I liked the Greek community a lot. It felt like it combined certain things of SMU or TCU since such a huge number of students at OSU come from the Dallas area, but it was still a major state flagship with tons of school pride, 200,000 living alumni around the world, the campus consisted of either beautiful historic buildings or brand-new facilities (and nothing in between), and all the amenities of a campus with 25,000 students.</p>