<p>I consider myself very lucky - Of the four schools I applied to, I was accepted to all of them before December. One of them, as you may have surmised, was an Early Decision school. For the last four months, I have, for the most part, happily accepted my fate and my good fortune.</p>
<p>But sometimes, I wonder if it will live up to its expectations. I worry that I don't know enough about the school, that the winters will be too bitter, or the people too cold. All four of the schools I was accepted to, I would have been proud to attend. However, one is the school that my boyfriend currently attends (we've spent the last year long-distance, and I could have gone to school with him in the fall); another is an hour away. The location of my ED school promises that we will stay long-distance for the next four years.</p>
<p>At the same time, I've watched all my friends go through regular decision, and get into excellent schools as well. I can't help but wonder what options might have been available to me (even better schools, maybe merit money) if I hadn't done ED, even though this was something I talked myself through before I decided to apply.</p>
<p>To be fair, I don't have these doubts constantly. Whenever I get mail from my school, I look at the return address and it feels good to know I'll one day call it my alma mater. My boyfriend and I have always agreed that we have to do what is best for ourselves personally, and as for the "other options," I try to tell myself that in a regular decision round, it may very well have been that I wouldn't have gotten into any of those schools and not even my ED. I guess I'm just looking for some advice to end these doubts once and for all - or at least hear that it's not just me going through them.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>