UVA over Two Ivies?

MYOS1634
Fri, 04 Apr 2014 13:14:23 +0000

sevmom, I agree that personal development can be achieved in many ways and college WILL be a time of growth no matter what when the student lives on campus. I’m just concerned OP’s worry about “fitting in”

'm from a small town in Virginia (pop. 1300), and I don’t know if I could ever fit in at an Ivy.

is keeping her from looking at all three equally.
I hope OP can visit. She’s already visited Charlottesville apparently so I hope she gets to visit the other two (if there’s a lack of finances, these two universities may help pay for the plane ticket for Admitted Students Days.) If she “feels at home” at UVA more so than at Penn or Brown, then no biggie - the three choices really are all good. But it’d be too bad if OP didn’t dare and try to see if either of these two “Ivy” schools could “feel like home”, too.