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I know what you mean. My mom refuses to to go on vacation to NYC because she’s afraid we’ll get mugged or something. Darn those convincing Law & Orders!</p>
<p>haha the only lol i got was when someone said williams college was too urban…on my drive over there i saw an untethered goat perusing someones front lawn…
here are the schools i looked at and said no to. most seem pretty decent to me though so this wont be funny or anything:
colgate-too preppy/full of themselves
middlebury-too much english/nature
bowdoin-too much biology
williams-doesnt feel right
william and mary-5 min from dads house
amherst-never visited…just never made the time for the 45 min drive
u chicago-its too late to look at colleges. my list of schools im applying to is set. (realized i liked it after doing most of my research)
harvey mudd-same
all the ivies-too cliche</p>
<p>i applied to: uva rodman, grinnell, tufts, pomona, union, james madison, and california lutheran</p>
<p>this girl’s name was Marta and she didn’t like that the public transportation system in Atlanta was called MARTA (Metropolitan Atlanta Regional Tranportation Authority).</p>
<p>And she didn’t like the posters everywhere that said, “Take a Ride on Marta.”</p>
<p>The dealbreaker was a Help Wanted Ad, “MARTA has an opening for 2 engineers.”</p>
<p>oh man, I don’t blaim her at alll</p>
<p>That’s funny about the AFA’s uniforms–that’s why my dd turned down her appointment there! Well, actually there were several reasons, the biggest is that she had a lot more options coming out of USNA, but we still tease her about the bus driver hats at AFA…</p>