<p>Nickel Xenon: As someone who lives in Dallas, I encourage you to stay very far away. No matter what magazines say, there is nothing to do in Dallas that will enrich your education; there is only shopping and chain restaurants. Seriously. BU has more prestige than UDallas, and Boston is just overall a cooler place. If I were in your situation, I would choose BU in a heartbeat.</p>
<p>Accepted:
UChicago
Georgetown, School of Foreign Services
UVA (Arts&Sciences)
UT Austin (Communications)</p>
<p>Rejected:
Stanford
Princeton</p>
<p>Waitlisted:
Columbia
Brown</p>
<p>Deciding Between:
UChicago and Gtown SFS</p>
<p>Leaning Towards: Gtown SFS for International Politics. I know the SFS in D.C. is pretty much an unbeatable combination, but I LOVE Chicago’s core curriculum, as well as the school’s emphasis on learning for learning’s sake (I’ve heard Gtown is very pre-professional). However, I’m very intimidated by Chicago’s workload, and I don’t deal well with cold weather.</p>