<p>I applied to Harvard, Yale, Brown, Princeton, Duke, Columbia, Northwestern because in the Fall they were what I THOUGHT I wanted. I ruled out schools because I didn’t want to be “isolated.” But throughout senior year I learned more and realized how vibrant those types of schools could be. I only got into Columbia and Northwestern. After visiting both for accepted students days all I could think was “why didn’t I apply to Dartmouth, Amherst, Williams, and Penn.” I regretted not applying to more schools. After a year of Columbia I transferred to Dartmouth as a transfer and had the best college experience ever.</p>