<p>I feel like having a dream school will only set me up for disappointment</p>
<p>Well, MIT was my clear-cut top choice for years. I chose it because it was suggested by my aunt, and I chose it when I was 8.</p>
<p>Yale - because my dad went there, and he’s pretty much a genius…
MIT - reputation 
I know a lot of really smart people who have gone to MIT.
Caltech - I had never heard of Caltech, but was looking at colleges online, and absolutely fell in love with it, for various reasons.</p>
<p>I think Yale is my best shot, since I have the advantage of legacy there. If I don’t get into any of those, I’ll be perfectly content at Georgia Tech :3</p>
<p>I didn’t have a dream school, ever. I applied to colleges based on towns I wanted to live in and schools that had quality engineering programs. It’s not a bad thing to not have a dream school…I got to explore so many colleges and while my college decision was arguably harder than someone with a dream school, it was still great. I got to go and visit New Orleans and see the city and look at a school that I’d never thought of applying to this time last year. I got to go out to Boston and really really fall in love with the East Coast. And I went to Chicago, planning to dislike a school and prove to my parents I didn’t want to go there, and ended up adoring it and deciding to go there. If any of those had been my dream school from the start, I would’ve never given the others a chance. </p>
<p>So, in my opinion, my lack of a dream school was the best thing that could’ve happened to me. Don’t be afraid if you don’t have one.</p>
<p>you know you search for “must have theater, must have robots” and you don’t get an awful lot back (didn’t get MIT back)</p>
<p>currently my dream school is EMORY 
I found out about it when my aunt highly recommended that i looked into that school along with vandy AND WUSTL (my #2 choice ) since im not ivy material :(</p>
<p>but im very indecisive so my schools keep on changing always…but for now i really like Emory :)</p>
<p>in the past, some of my dream schools were Yale, Penn, Pton,UChig & CMU (phase when i wanted to become an engineer…thank god i changed my mind about this one :D)</p>
<p>^^^ same here! when i was like 8 i wanted to go to Hahvahd …lol.</p>
<p>OMG, thanks everyone! You all just made me feel so much better. I’ve only seen one school on a tour so far and that was CalTech but I didn’t really feel very awestruck or anything with it. I get an awful lot of those emails and letters these days though. :/</p>
<p>I’m kind of lost on priorities now. I used to be thinking of East Coast, but now my Mom’s going to have another kid and I want to be able to influence her (well :P) and I can’t see that happening if I show up three times a year.</p>
<p>Still not sure. Still imagining myself on the East coast. Thanks, everyone!</p>