- "Almost everyone ends up loving the college they attend, and with any luck your son will be no exception. As you make this decision, know that there's really no wrong choice."
Great point! D is a 1st year at Chicago and after her first few weeks, I asked her if she was awestruck to be there. Her response, “At first, but after a few weeks you realize it’s just school.”
Meanwhile, back to OP, Chicago and Princeton seem like two different worlds to me, at least in terms of setting. We visited P pre-app, but D was leaning toward some place more urban. So after receiving her EA acceptance to C, she didn’t even bother to apply to P, which, though impressive, she said “felt like being in a museum.” We visited C in Jan '14, experienced her first snowfall (we’re from Cali), sat in on a class, loved the place, and immediately decided to commit, even though she had some Ivy apps outstanding. She got her first choice of dorm, which was important to her, a single at BJ. She’s enjoying her college experience, except for the food, which she criticizes harshly… but then, we had spoiled her pretty good with our home cooking. Seems to me that it would hard for C and P to be a toss-up… that a kid would lean one way or the other towards urban or rural… but I could be wrong.