<p>The same thing happened to me when I told my mom that I was accepted to Davidson College, a school ranked 22nd in the whole nation according to Forbes and 10th according to USNews, and she was like why didn’t you do Williams college because they’re number one on both. And I gave the same speech about how this is still a prestigious school and I just felt more at home when I visited Davidson. Also, once I showed her the financial aid package of $ 61,270 out of the total cost of attendance of $ 63,000 was being covered without loans she really shut up then. </p>