What I like about the school I'm going to

College Search & Selection
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<p>is that I didn't visit the campus a year ago and "fall in love" or any of that garbage. My application and reasons for applying (and eventually going) were of a hardball variety (my best against your best). I took major rolls of the dice with my essays and interviewers without any attempt to look like a yuppy who really really really was genuinely, thoroughly passionate about attending, because that did not fit my personality at all. I was never sentimental towards one school because of the "campus" or the "feel" because there's only so much you can get from a day-long visit, and every setting will have some benefits and some drawbacks. Besides, as it turned out (due to a slight change in career plans over the course of senior year) I was an idiot for not initially considering it as strongly as two others I had applied to (both enough which, ironically or QED, rejected me).</p>

<p>In the end, there's no need to "love" the schools you're applying to/are attending because you're really only going off the deep end with your pathological respect for an institution. Sometimes I wish people would just realize that...then the rejection or financial aid letter wouldn't be as hard to take.</p>

<p>Or maybe I'm just getting caught up in diction and going senile early.</p>

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<p>That's what you have to do, take risks and chances. If you don't, then your chances to your future will be diminished.</p>

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"fall in love" or any of that garbage.

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Rofl</p>

<p>yeah, well, of course, how many of those "genuinely passionately wanting to attend" people are actually there...?</p>

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<p>I'm just saying it's a stupid rouse.</p>

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<p>^
"it's a stupid rouse" ?</p>

<p>o and yes, i agree with your first post.</p>

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<p>By rouse I mean people say this ("I love this school") to trick others as well as themselves into thinking a college is "perfect" for them.</p>

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<p>And by </p>

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"it's a stupid rouse" ?

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adamonkey2 means the word you're looking for is "ruse."</p>

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<p>Yeah I realized that after re-playing MGS2.</p>

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<p>It seems I ruined a few people's dreams =O</p>

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<p>I hope you are correct. I have my top choices (one of which is your destination), but I used to be caught up in sentimentality and now I just consider (coldly) aspects of them that I like. Many are objective/subjective but inarguable by most. Thank you for the note. A nice dose of perspective is exactly what the doctor ordered.</p>

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<p>It also ties in with the whole "undergrad attention" deal. Why exactly should a nobel laureate have to treat every 18 year old he sees like one of his boys? If half of these "neglected undergrads" instead worked to become "respected grads" then the professors WOULD pay attention to them, and it wouldn't be a waste of time and effort the way it would be as an undergrad (when you're clearly not AS advanced/useful to work with).</p>