<p>I didnt apply anywhere north of VA because I think Id die in the winter. I drew a line across the US from just above Richmond to the West Coast and told my parents I wasnt going above it. I briefly considered Chicago, but since I was cold in July when I visited </p>
<p>I wouldnt apply to any school in PA anyway because an adult for whom I have a great disliking lives there, and Im afraid to run into the family.</p>
<p>I didnt apply to Harvard because my New Yorker bus driver said it with the accent and it freaked me out. Well, that and they wouldnt accept me. But mainly because I was horrified by the New York pronunciation.</p>
<p>I wouldnt apply anywhere with a religious-sounding name, even if it wasnt religiously affiliated (Trinity).</p>
<p>At first I refused to apply anywhere with a bird as the mascot because I HATE birds, then I decided I just wouldnt wear any of the school spirit shirts.</p>
<p>I went to a Northwestern info session and the admissions lady irritated me because she was too happy. It was crossed off my list as soon as I got home.</p>
<p>I didnt apply to USC because I read a guide book that quoted a student as saying that muggings were frequent.</p>
<p>im not applying to tulane because they require a counselor rec and my school (a large public) caps off how many counselor recs you can request at 10. didnt wanna use 1 on tulane</p>
I didn't apply to Swarthmore because they put a black netting thing on all the windows in this one glass-walled building so birds wouldn't run into the glass and die. And because the school is called Swarthmore.
Hah... geek_son had the same reaction to Swarthmore's name... always says it with his nose in the air and a blue-blood accent... we both crack up every time he receives junk mail from them. And for some reason, "Swat" is even funnier.</p>
<p>I don't remember whether I posted to this thread before... one visit to a very beautiful campus turned both of us off thoroughly for a variety of reasons. But for me the final push was sitting outside in this lovely place with absolutely stunning views, obviously strategically chosen by the Admissions Office for their final presentation, and not really hearing a word of the presentation... because I was watching a dead swallowtail butterfly blow in and rock back and forth, back and forth, by somebody's feet. I took that as a symbol and thought, "Not my butterfly!" I told geek_son there was no way I'd let him apply to that school, which was fine with him, and we left and never looked back.</p>
<p>For the longest time I wanted to apply to Brown because they had this hilarious admissions officer that won me over with his cheesy jokes.
But in the end, I applied ED to NU just 'cause I didn't want to waste my ED ticket to somewhere I probably wouldn't get into.</p>
<p>I didnt apply to columbia because i heard from somewhere that they mail all accepted students a copy of The Iliad, and expect you to read it and come.</p>
<p>Didn't apply to UVA because I would have to write 3 essays for them.
Applying to Prince - Ton because the name sounds cool.
Top choice is Dartmouth because I thought it's funny they have a fraternity named "Kappa Kappa Kappa" (KKK), which I kinda want to join.</p>
<p>Interestingly enough... Kappa Kappa Kappa (Tri-Kap) is actually older than the KKK. There's some legend/rumor/joke that Dartmouth and/or Tri-Kap sued the KKK for defamation of name or something.</p>
<p>I decided to apply to Carnegie Mellon when I saw this awesome statue/sculpture they have in the quad. Its a big metal pole on a slant and people walking up it and people standing looking up at it.</p>