<p>Haha, thanks for the in-depth analysis! I’ve already deposited at Reed actually.</p>
<p>While Reed and UChicago are structurally different, they tend to attract similar types of people because of their reputations as life-of-the-mind incubators. So it’s not really that strange that they were my first choices, imo.</p>
<p>As for Mount Holyoke, the all-girls environment combined with the isolated location was a turn-off for me, but I think I would have been fine there if I hadn’t gotten into Reed. (Even though the only school that gave me pause when I was deciding was actually Trinity U–great weather, happy campus, no loans…)</p>
<p>I like big cities a lot, but I’m quite flexible when it comes to location and size, so that wasn’t really the deciding factor when I picked my schools.</p>
<p>Again, thanks for the lengthy comment, I enjoyed it :)</p>
<p>And don’t hesitate to call me a slacker; that’s what I was, in a sense. Or at least I didn’t apply myself in school at all. I fully intend to approach college differently, though.</p>