Why You Changed Your Top Choice School

<p>When I was little I thought for the longest time, just because both my parents and both my older brothers went there, that I’d end up at UMass. And then I discovered I am smarter than them :wink: and I have a fighting chance for getting into places like Brown, Columbia, maybe even Harvard. So my top right now is Harvard, not because of the prestige but because it really does have the best programs for me. Then Amherst (I grew up there; once a townie, always a townie), Columbia, and Brown.</p>