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But she did.</p>
<p>And even though she never read CC, she followed the advice given on CC and didn’t want to “fall in love” with a school until she got in. </p>
<p>It’s no different than dreaming about a car. You can have the “dream car” in mind when you can’t afford one. But when you finally get your act together and go shopping, and kick the tires and check under the hood and sit in the driver’s seat for a while, with an eye towards buying it, your “dream car” may not be all that anymore.</p>
<p>When a school was a dream, because she hadn’t gotten in, that was one thing. But once she did, she kicked the tires of a few, and found they really weren’t everything she wanted after all.</p>
<p>I’m curious whether you never changed your mind over the course of a few months, PG?</p>