<p>Well, these discussions sure are helpful. Good thing [I guess] is that I didn’t apply to Duke, though went to a nice info session offered through the traveling consortium with Harvard, Penn, Stanford, and Georgetown. It might have made my choices even more difficult. The Duke representative did portray the strong school spirit, and it seemed like quite a party school, but in a good way I guess. </p>
<p>As for weather, Penn is quite an improvement over New England, with winters coming later and milder, and spring a few weeks earlier. Cornell’s weather is more worrisome. My family has a name for it up there called ‘Perma-gloom’. We have a number of Cornellians in the family. I’ll travel to both this weekend for previews. </p>
<p>ps: Thanks for the travel tips, Bagels. Will do. Got a nice email from regional Penn director the other day about my admission, app, etc. Very nice.</p>