<p>skymall935 "imagine putting stanfords grade inflation, ucla weather and beaches, maybe Columbia's location in NYC, and Princeton's academics.... I'll guarantee you that school will never go below rank 1 . : )"</p>
<p>I think that just proves how much the perfect college is very personal and is different for everyone. The reason I took UCLA off my college list is because of the weather (I would go absolutely crazy in southern California, and maybe slightly depressed), and even though NYC is an amazing city, its not somewhere I would like to live during undergrad.</p>