<p>I just told them. I applied to one state school (where nearly half my class ended up attending… the other half off to CC) five private and prestigous LACs in NE… and one Ivy. People ooo-ed and ahhh-ed over the Ivy, because they could hardly imagine anyone going there… honestly my high school was really closed minded about reaching for schools. Ha, in fact, I applied to the largest number of schools, and the most rigorous of my class. I listed them off to the GC… and he didn’t even know about nearly half of them (Wellesley, Wheaton, Mt. Holyoke)… neither did my classmates, so they would just say “oh… cool.” and feel really stupid because they didn’t know what I was talking about. I did get sort of sick of people asking me where Wellesley was… and of my principal calling it “Wesley” College (even at graduation!)</p>
<p>That’s what I get for living in rural Maine.</p>