It was so important at the time, but now I can't remember!

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<p>I joined this forum when one of my sons was a senior in high school and applying to colleges – four years ago. So, last night I was trying to remember what colleges he applied to, and I can’t remember them all. I’m pretty sure he applied to 11, but I can only remember 9 of them now. Just one of those things that drives you buggy. It was so stressful, and I thought that list was imprinted on my brain at the time, but no, time passes and things fade . . .</p>

<p>MIT, Tufts, Oberlin, UCDavis, UCSanDiego, UCIrvine, Grinnell, UChicago, St. Olaf and ???</p>

<p>Oh wait, I think he applied to Harvey Mudd – hmmm. Okay, I can remember 10 of the 11! I wonder what that other school was . . .</p>

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<p>Hmmmm. I think I’ll always remember all this stuff. </p>

<p>I still remember where I applied, and that was a very very long time ago.</p>

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<p>I applied to Harvard, Brown, Barnard and U.Penn. Didn’t visit either Brown or Penn. Did see Tufts, but not sure why I rejected it. It’s such a short list it’s easy to remember. I briefly considered applying to Yale, but it had an entirely new set of essays. They were like U. of Chicago essays as I recall - I think one was to write about a picture of a bunch of coins or something like that.</p>