<p>I’d steeled myself and was set on Yale, but Stanford is absolutely gorgeous, and as mentioned above, I’m not really into the whole Ivy League dynamic. My future is also rather unclear. It’s a forked road that can lead either into corporate law (my mild interest) or medicine (parents and family friends really keen on this). </p>
<p>Furthermore, I’m not a big fan of snow/rain, but Stanford’s campus seems a bit too large for me. The residential college system is entirely too appealing. Plus, it’s another loooong plane ride across the country before I cross the Atlantic to go home for the holidays. A lot of family is also on the East Coast, it’d be all to easy to register a few visits every now and then.</p>
<p>As for flipping a coin, I actually did that, and it said Yale, but Stanford just won’t leave my heart, so I don’t know. I’m all about the laid-back and non-competitive, to the point where my friends accuse me of being emotionless actually 
Stanford seems to have greater academic depth in all disciplines, though this isn’t really on my mind.</p>