<p>You want to be closer to home so Reed is out 
Reed also may be close to your two waitlist faves in terms of rigor but otherwise maybe is the most different than those two.</p>
<p>Grinnell is very hard to get to also, and after months of seeing all those beautiful cornfields bclintock’s description of St Paul and the river sound nice.</p>
<p>Hamilton too preppy…no way around that…and you’ll get over Thanksgiving or get back anyway.</p>
<p>Mac is the compromise choice…especially if my own D picks it in the next 2 weeks :)</p>
<p>Note: I begged my D to apply to Grinnell for months…and I lost.</p>