<p>I spent all of high school convinced I wanted – NEEDED – to attend a tiny liberal arts college. One of my top choices was Occidental, with its 2,000 student population, diversity, beautiful campus and strong English department. To my delight, I was accepted. Yet upon closer examination, I realized it wasn’t right for me. The linguistics and creative writing programs were non-existent, the language offerings were sparse, the tuition was astronomical and it was just too close to home (I live about 10 minutes away).</p>
<p>This fall, I’ll be attending Berkeley. :)</p>