<p>I don’t think it would surprise me that any school would be turned down to go to Santa Clara it’s a great university. When youre comparing some of the best universities I think its more about fit, which it was for me. I do think its odd and uncalled for to call anyone a fool for not choosing Cal because of its ranking, I’m not sure if you came from Cal but that’s one of the many reasons I didn’t really consider Cal was because some of the students can be really obsessed with their idea that they are the best. Also I didn’t not care for the rebellious nature I saw in some of the student body as well. Overall it was far from an environment that fit me and that I liked. Also to answer londondad as for why I picked Santa Clara over Northwestern and Notre Dame it didn’t really have to do with money. Santa Clara, Northwestern and Notre Dame were all pretty close to each other in terms of academic quality, all three are great universities. For me what really turned me away from Northwestern was that it only had an economics program, while it’s a very good program I felt it limited me in the field of business and it really just didn’t appeal to me over Santa Clara, as Santa Clara offered greater selection in terms of undergraduate business. Now I must admit it really was hard to choose between Notre Dame and Santa Clara. Both are highly ranked undergraduate business programs that are two of the best business schools in the country but Notre Dames No. 1 ranking in undergraduate business was hard to give up. I must say though that I liked the intimacy that Santa Clara offered and the fact that it was on the West Coast. Overall I liked the environment more at Santa Clara than at Notre Dame, and I am happy with my decision as I couldn’t really go wrong with either as both are highly regarded and I think I picked the best one for me.</p>