<p>I chose to go to my current college because I liked the discussions on the facebook group better than the other two schools I was choosing between.</p>
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And the last reason is because I go to an all black school where I have transitioned from diversity and I donāt think I can comfortably go back. Kinda silly, maybe not so much, what do yāall think?
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Your choice is valid ā after all, itās your choice, and what matters most is that it gives you the opportunity for happiness and success. But this makes me curious: After graduating, do you plan to work only in all-black companies? If not, will the transition to diverse workplaces be easier for you then, compared with the transition to a diverse college now?</p>
<p>Again, Iām just curious ā kind of hoping for a chance to see things from a perspective I wouldnāt normally get to see. :)</p>
<p>i almost chose ucsc over ucla becuas it is in the middle of a forrest and there are hiking trails on campusā¦</p>
<p>rachael525: my D got the same mailing from UChicago and now wants to take another look at that school</p>
<p>This has been a really fun and informative thread! I told my D that I posted this treahd and she thought I was a little nuts, but laughed all the same. Keep those silly reasons coming!</p>
<p>" I wanted to see if i could recreate that picture on the brochure with my camera "</p>
<p>was far away from home</p>
<p>Iām a native Californian, and back in the day, I went to the U of Detroit because I was so into the Motown Sound. I thought that I would see the Supremes, Temptations, Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye just roaming around town. I got there and was so into the ācollege experienceā that I completely forgot about Motownā¦</p>
<p>That is so funny. I was a big Bee Gees fan, even from the late sixties. When they got popular in the disco era, when I was in high school, I heard they lived in Miami. </p>
<p>When I decided to major in Marine Biology, I actually requested info from the University of Miami and wound up going there. </p>
<p>I did actually get to see the Bee Gees in concert my freshman year, but that was the closest I got to them. </p>
<p>Iām still a fan. Even saw Robinās son perform at a local venue before my nephewās band went on. Real thrill. His band is 54 Seconds. Very good.</p>
<p>But I probably would have never thought to look at Miami and actually go away to college if it hadnāt been for that crazy bit of inspiration. The only other college I remember getting info about was USC, and that was way out of my price range. So I may not have pursued my dream if it hadnāt been for them.</p>
<p>Just wanted to say you all have a great forum. Seems like a good place I can actually be a part of. :)</p>
<p>I instantly liked one school Iām applying to because it had a Coldstone-like ice cream store in the center, only when I ate it I liked it better :)</p>
<p>lol I looked for that too, I need to swing to get my thoughts sorted out. I was so happy when I found at that thereās a swing set in a park just two minutes from Vanderbiltās freshman dorms!</p>
<p>I didnāt have any dumb reason to apply.</p>
<p>but a will say a deciding factor for me was the bathrooms at the school. i turned some schools down because i could not see myself in those bathroomsā¦</p>
<p>Yale school colors. I love navy and white.</p>
<p>Thereās a swing set right in the immediate UChicago neighborhood, too. (57th St. near the Med, for the curious)</p>
<p>S applied to U Southern Calif after he met a online Roller Coaster Tycoon friend from USC at the campus when he was visiting some SCal colleges. Ironic, because he REFUSED to apply to ANY of the UCās because they were all TOO BIG in his opinion!</p>
<p>While looking at this thread I learned that Reed College allows cats in their apartments.</p>
<p>That cemented my decision to apply there. :)</p>
<p>I didnāt apply to U of Chicago because my mom declared I should only apply to one college in Illinois >_></p>
<p>I simply applied to Harvard just for the heck of it, and to my surprise, I was accepted. Iāll be going to MIT in the fall thoughā¦I want to be an engineer, and Harvard is definitely not the school for that.</p>
<p>Bumping this up since weāve had some great replies!</p>
<p>. . . parents who went to 1) a prestigious small womenās college and 2) that alternative UC campus that USED to have no grades and only 5,000 students (curse you, Dr. Moll) Dās choice of a giant midwest school that had great football seemed so silly</p>
<p>worked for her, though :-)</p>