Who Declined?

<p>April was a really, really weird month for me. I thought it out in so many different ways... I'm sure many of you can sympathize. I really just can't put into words how deadlocked it was, and how it still is, and how I know I made a good choice but I'm still a little remorseful, in a way, too.</p>

<p>A part of me knows that Dartmouth would have been the most complete undergraduate experience ever, and a part of me knows I'm going to be getting just as good of one at Washington & Lee, but it's just different. And you don't spend more than a half year of your life committed to one thing and easily transition to another.</p>

<p>There was a lot of reasoning behind the decision and I'm thrilled that I made it (and I would have been thrilled the other way around too, don't get me wrong) and I'm mostly just really excited for next year. </p>

<p>I really scared myself for a few weeks, though, when I think back and realize how I could have just as easily sent a deposit to Harvard or anywhere else because of my constant overanalysis and overassurance. Oh well...</p>

<p>All the best in life, guys.</p>

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lol is it sick that with each person that says "I turned down Dartmouth" I have to stop myself from smiling because that may, somehow, somewhere, end up being good for me?!

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Don't feel bad - I'm smiling for you, too. :) <em>crosses her fingers</em></p>

<p>oh how i love this board. Thanks, Kat! Let me PM you my next assault on the unwitting adcoms...this suggestion was seriously the only useful thing my GC ever told me lol</p>

<p>i turned it down. but it's a great school and i thank them for respecting me as an applicant more than any other school. i will send them a thank-you letter along with another friend of mine who chose princeton over dartmouth. i ended up choosing h.</p>