<p>Don’t worry about having cold feet-- it only means that you’re normal. College is an important decision, and anybody who steps into any school without having any doubts whatsoever is just dumb.</p>
<p>I had a lot of reservations about Chicago, too, even though in the bottom of my heart I knew it was the right school for me. I thought that kids there would be too self-important, too “let’s drink tea and talk about Satre,” too bitter about the fact that they didn’t get into another school. Boy was I wrong.</p>
<p>If there was anything that confirmed that Chicago was the right place for me, it was working on the uncommon application and reading over the admissions material. It was clear that this was a place that cared about you and your thoughts-- whether they are intellectual or whether they are just plain bizarre. An uncommon question from a few years ago invites students to come up with a theory of Elvis’s assassination using a list of given items.</p>
<p>And believe me-- there are still days when I have doubts (would I have been better off at another school? I’m so happy here, but is it possible for me to be happier?). As my tour guide at Chicago told us, you’re going to have bad days no matter what, but he said he’d rather have a bad day here.</p>