Windfall Acceptances! But where to go?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hey Internet,</p>

<p>First of all I'd like to thank all of you for your contributions to CC and through that medium, to students. I can say with complete honesty and surety that because of what I learned by browsing through these forums over the past 3-4 years, I was able to find my niche in the college admissions process. I was accepted to all my schools, which are: </p>

<p>Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Wharton (UPenn), Northwestern, WUSTL, NYU, Tulane, Georgetown, and Boston College. </p>

<p>But now, once again, and I have found that I am in need of some objective information about these colleges so that I can figure out where I want to spend 4 years of my life. Right now my plans for career path and choice of major are tentative, but I'm attracted to the corporate realm and the study of economics. </p>

<p>Regardless of what I choose to do, I want to make sure that for 4 years, I'm surrounded by motivated, fun loving, and collaborative people who collaborate as well as compete and are easy to get along with. I'm also looking for a college campus and surrounding city/town that offers a lot in terms of fun things to do. Right now my top choices are Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and Wharton, and I plan to visit all of them, but I really need some input from several sources before I can do what feels right. Once again CC, I call on you to assemble!!!!!!</p>

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<p>What do you want to study?</p>

<p>Where do you think you want to live? -- eg, East Coast, West Coast; city; suburb.</p>

<p>Where do you want to live after graduation?</p>

<p>And -- Congratulations!</p>

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<p>"'m surrounded by motivated, fun loving, and collaborative people who collaborate as well as compete and are easy to get along with. I'm also looking for a college campus and surrounding city/town that offers a lot in terms of fun things to do. "</p>

<p>I don't think you can go wrong with any of your choices. Congratulations!</p>

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<p>If you're going to visit them, just relax, enjoy, and in the end follow your gut. Assuming cost isn't an issue, there isn't a wrong choice.</p>

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<p>Wow!! At the risk of sounding annoying, what were your stats? Did you cure cancer and bring about world peace? </p>

<p>I think you could make a fortune selling your unused spots to the highest bidders! (which raises an economic question - let's say students could sell their spots to others, or at least perhaps those on the wait list - I wonder what the market would bear?)</p>