<p>I was waitlisted to Pomona, Harvard, and Brown, but I need to choose somewhere by May!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Prospective Majors: Political Science (top choice), Statistics, International Relations, Engineering, Math, History</p>
<p>Top Choices before acceptances: Stanford, Pomona, Columbia</p>
<p>Here is my thinking about each school:</p>
<p>Michigan - It sounds like an awesome school. It has one of the top programs for political science, and basically is good in everything. Everybody raves about it, it has a great international reputation, and Ann Arbor sounds awesome. And from what I hear, it is one of the most wanted college experiences with a lot of school spirit and friendly people. However, the weather is not the best and I may not like the fact that there are 30,000 people there. Also, I would not be able to swim there (one of top 5 teams in country...).</p>
<p>Claremont McKenna: Also a school with a strong political science program. It has perfect weather (warm > cold), I would be able to swim there, it is both small and big with their consortium. But no one where I live seems to know about it, and it seems like it is a huge party school (which I don't really want).</p>
<p>Georgetown: It seems like one of the best for political science, because of its location. It is a great school that has a great international reputation. It also has one of the best language programs in the country, which is great considering I want to take a new language in college (either Japanese or Arabic). And I would also like to live in a city. And I would also have the possible chance to swim there. But it is a 10 minute drive from my house. I want to be in a new place, a new culture for the next 4 years, and I'm not sure Georgetown will provide that. I also heard that it is very lacking in diversity, which reminds me too much of my high school (which I don't like too much).</p>
<p>Thank you for reading through this and PLEASE I need some advice! I am visiting Michigan and Georgetown this month. I will not visit CMC, but I've already walked through their campus and liked it a lot.</p>