@samantha827, go re-read @juillet’s responses (@juillet’s posts almost always merit two readings, b/c so much good info is packed into them).
One thing that jumped out in particular is that college is
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Although your post doesn’t indicate that you have focused much on this part yet, a central part of college is the academics. For your last two years a lot of who you spend time with will be the other people who are majoring in your subject- and even allowing for some stereotypes, there will be a range of people in your subject. Often college students don’t have one group of friends (as in high school), they have overlapping circles of friends: friends from the dorm, friends from the ECs that you enjoy, friends from your major/study groups, etc. And the result is that you can find yourself being genuine friends with people you never imagined knowing. A lot like real life
I am agreeing with everybody else: you aren’t ready to pick an ED school yet- but that’s ok. Imo, this sort of thinking it through is really valuable. You don’t have to commit until the autumn, so when somebody throws you a new one (like New College of Fl!) try it on and see how it fits. My oldest had what she thought was a final list, including an ED (where she had visited and spent the night) around this time of year. By September she had a completely different list and ended up (very happily) ED at a school she hadn’t even be thinking the previous spring. All that time looking at other schools wasn’t wasted: she learned more about herself and what was important to her. Just stay flexible as you grow and evolve (which you will do a lot of over the next 6 months!).