<p>I had not even heard of it until I was talking to somebody about myself and they said to me that I seemed like a “Barnard girl.” This sparked my interest in doing research, when I fell in love. </p>
<p>It has everything I could ever ask for in a school. Its not too big, has an amazing location and a great department in my major. </p>
<p>Additionally, I love the community. I feel that I would fit in well in the community of ambitious, intellectual women that Barnard attracts. </p>
<p>I also like that I get the small LAC feel that I want, but also have access to the resources at Columbia. </p>
<p>When I toured their campus last year, I instantly fell in love! Firstly, I was wowed by the size of Maryland’s campus. I love big, D1 schools, and Maryland fits that profile perfectly! Its campus is also very beautiful and green. Maryland is also VERY diverse, which I love since I graduated from a diverse Catholic school. Finally, Maryland is located about seven miles from Washington, DC. Being a Philadelphia area resident for all of my life, having a city nearby is a huge bonus! The only downside is the town of College Park. It looks really shady and not like your typical college town. Since I was rejected from Maryland, I will attend community college with the hopes of transferring. I will also be applying to:</p>
<p>Penn State-University Park
University of Georgia
UNC-Chapel Hill
USC</p>
<p>For me, it’s UNC.
I was raised Carolina blue, always cheering them on in games. I’ve spent so much time on Franklin Street and I love it. But I never thought I wanted to go there. Growing up, I always imagined going to NYU. Then, I started doing college research and learned that Carolina has a great journalism school, so I had to see for myself. I visited and I just fell in love. The atmosphere just felt like home. I got a sense of belonging there. It was strange, but I haven’t felt that at any other school.</p>
<p>UT. I’ll never afford it out of state, but Austin is my hometown and is absolutely amazing. I love the music scene, the liberal oasis in a red state, the quirky characters, and the food (I adore Tex-Mex). As for the school, I grew up on Longhorn football and like its size. </p>
<p>Living in Kansas sucks when you’ve known the best.</p>
<p>Colgate
I’m worried because it is a high-match low-reach for me. Plus it’s super expensive, so I will need a lot of FA (and that could affect admissions).
I like how it is a small, close-knit school. It is far away, but close enough that I could drive home in a day. So I wouldn’t see my family often, but if there was an emergency or some occasion I could still come home. It has a beautiful campus… strong academics. I love the tradition that this school has… and how it carries through its alumni.</p>
<p>UW Madison. The campus and scenery is second to none, their sports teams are usually highly ranked (football and basketball most importantly), the chemical engineering program is highly regarded, and the atmosphere and school spirit can stack up against any school in the country. </p>
<p>For most people, the main downside would be the weather, but I actually embrace cold weather.</p>
<p>My dream school is Carnegie Mellon. It’s just a well rounded school. It produces people with well deserved and impressive degrees in all fields from business to theatre. The school also provides great connections to those in the job field. I just hope that I can get in!</p>
<p>Though I’m already in college, I love this thread because it shows how different everyone’s interests and needs are in a school. I love the diversity of schools and reasons for loving a school. </p>
<p>My dream school was Yale. I absolutely adored the campus, it felt so magical and empowering and historic. The housing system is perfect with residential colleges that are beautiful. The prestige and connections are great, the FA is tops, the student body is a bit artsy, well dressed, attractive and so talented. The LGBT presence is good, and people seemed friendly. The school colors are my favorite, the trial period for classes is really cool, and I love the East Coast. </p>
<p>Other dream school was Swarthmore for its small size, location and campus, school spirit, rigor, intellectual and academic focus.</p>
<p>I know many of yall don’t usually put public uni’s on here, but UT-Austin. It’s highly ranked in all the programs I plan on majoring in, it’s huge, it has an amazing football team of course, in a popular, lively metro of over a million people, only 2 hrs from Houston, 1 1/2 from San Antonio, and an hour from where I live, lots of alumni connections, I could go on for days, but it’s literally THE perfect college for me…except this Texas heat, it is MERCILESS.</p>
<p>Tell me about it! Texas heat is furious. I live in Houston ,and the heat takes no prisoners.
How likely are you guys to attend your dream college?</p>
<p>^Fairly likely. UW isn’t too tough to get into, so that won’t be an issue. The only issue is that it’ll be my second most expensive option. I’ll have to decide if I want to go to a school I like less in order to go to save money</p>
<p>I will be attending community college (one with dorms :D) this fall with the hopes of transferring into Maryland during the Fall 2015 semester. I feel a great deal of shame trying to become a Terrapin, however. Being from the Philadelphia suburbs, all of my friends are attending Penn Sate. Who knows, I may end up a Nittany Lion during that semester…or a UNC Tar Heel…or a UGA Bulldog…or a USC Trojan…or a Temple Owl…or a Delaware Blue Hen. Decisions, decisions -__-</p>
<p>@Future Maryland is the place to be, just saying lol.</p>
<p>My dream school is Ohio State because (1) It’s far but close to home, (2) it has the microbiology major and the minor I’ve been searching for, (3) is because of the veterinary school. At the clinic, a veterinarian went there and he loved it. Lastly, (4) I look good in red.</p>
I’m alright with State. But Duke? Ehhh…It’s a good school, but I can’t bring myself to like it</p>