<p>I don’t remember all of the schools I was accepted to, but it all came down to NEU and Clark. Both gave me merit money. NEU gave more and was in the urban setting I needed. As a psych major, I now know a little more about Clark and wish I had considered it a little more carefully. It was the only school I had toured in the sun (everything else was raining/snowing), and I hated it.</p>
<p>If I were to do it again, I’d have gotten better grades in HS so I could get into the schools I had really loved (they were reaches for me), and if my grades weren’t better I’d have applied to more/different schools. Do I think I, personally, would have had a drastically different experience at a different school? No. Again, it is what you make of it. I don’t think there’s a major difference in professor quality between any school, it’s all hit or miss on their ability to actually TEACH. With regard to social life and clubs, I, personally, have not reached out enough and tried to network and be included in things. That’s my problem, and it would have been the same anywhere no matter how many or few opportunities were offered.</p>