<p>If you had the option of going to any school anywhere in the U.S., which one would it be and why? I would say either Columbia or Stanford. </p>
<p>… because they are so alike. Sounds more like a thread for High school life forum or
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<p>I’d go to the Air Force Academy… but in that idealistic world, be able to choose my military service area afterward. </p>
<p>Stanford, MIT, or Harvey Mudd. They’re all very different schools, but I’ve fallen in love with all of them (probably MIT the most at this point, however). </p>
<p>Fordham University in New York City or University of Southern California</p>
<p>UChicago, Reed, Brown, Carleton, or Swarthmore.</p>
<p>Definitely UMass Amherst </p>
<p>UMiami</p>
<p>MIT</p>
<p>Don’t fall in love w ANY school until AFTER u have been admitted. </p>
<p>Brown 
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<p>MIT</p>
<p>Harvard, Stanford, or MIT (in that order)</p>
<p>I really liked Reed during my college search. There are twenty million logistical reasons I would never have actually gone there—it’s far away, it’s unaffordable, they don’t have graduate classes, they wouldn’t transfer my dual-enrollment credit—but it’s a “dream school” to me in the sense that I like their philosophy and the whole idea of going there.</p>
MIT.
Harvard Yale dartmuth or brown love them all sosososososoos much
I’m going to go off what @GMTplus7 said. It’s alright to have a top choice school, but don’t make it your dream school and obsess over it, especially if it’s a reach school or unaffordable! Keep your options open and don’t see yourself only going to this one school!
UCLA has always been my dream school! I applied for fall 2015 so fingers crossed 
@queenk good luck!
UMiami or UCLA because of the opportunities and environment