<p>“You should chat up mathboy98… a pretty thoughtful college guy… he says he looked very hard at Mudd, but chose Berkeley. His POV might interest you.”</p>
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<p>Yeah, we did indeed talk already, though for the record, I never said “small” has to be comfortable! I know what you mean though, you’re used to private schools perhaps. As a note, I went to one myself for high school [as it happens, also a catholic one!]. The transition didn’t bother me, but that has much to do with personality + educational style, things I’m sure you picked up from when we last spoke. I hope your selection/decision-making process is going well! If you have more specific questions about my own school, I’ll be happy to take a shot at them.</p>
<p>“OK, but surely there must have been some brief moment when some small voice in the back of your head said, “Ya know, maybe other students who’ve been busting their humps on applications for this college and are now on the edge of their seats waiting with anxiety for decisions… just might not be particularly receptive to a post from me about some back-door connection I might have with some guy who says he can pull strings to get me admitted.” Surely.”</p>
<p>This phenomenon is incredible. At times, if someone I know is in a class I’m taking, and we’re both kind of struggling to get what’s happening, and I happen to go “Hey man, I totally feel like it’s starting to click, I’m starting to love this material!” I may not get the best response 
Either way, as someone not undergoing this college application mania, I can appreciate the enthusiasm, but realize why most people reading this thread are writhing in agony.</p>