<p>Out of the colleges to which I was accepted, my favorites are the Puget Sound Honors Program, Smith and the College of Creative Studies at UC Santa Barbara. I have not visited Smith (will be doing so on their admitted student days), but I found UPS and CCS to be very "home-y" for lack of a better term. I felt comfortable. I am worried about the state of the UC system, what with the CA budget situation. UPS gave me 20K in grants and scholarships, I'm in-state for UCSB, Smith gave me no aid. My parents said they can pay full freight for a private, but I'm not sure I feel comfortable making them do that. Where should I go?</p>
<p>By the way, my CCS major is Literature.</p>
<p>bummmmpppp</p>
<p>I’d say Smith, but only because it was my first choice, and I was waitlisted.</p>
<p>Maybe you want to wait until you’ve visited Smith to see if it’s worth footing the full bill…?</p>