Am I justifiably terrified?, 2005...2005...2005... Options

[*CrackedRearView*]

I have 1,000 different directions I can take.

ACT: 35 composite
SAT I: 1520 composite

The list goes on of activities, GPA, etc, etc.

I can pretty much go anywhere I want to go, but I've narrowed it down to 3 schools on each coast that I've been accepted to.

Please, help me. And take into consideration cost, retaining a social life, etc. All are huge factors for me.

WEST COAST

University of California: Berkeley
Pepperdine
Stanford University

EAST COAST

The Johns Hopkins University
University of Princeton
New York University

(all of these, East and West coast, are with the assumption that after 4 years, I will transfer to the Massachussetts Institute of Technology; my lifelong dream)

I'm visiting the campus at the University of California: San Diego over Christmas break, as well. I might even just head there because my entire family lives in Corona del Mar.

You see my problem? So indecisive...this sucks...

[x3chrissyx3]

I have 1,000 different directions I can take.

ACT: 35 composite
SAT I: 1520 composite

The list goes on of activities, GPA, etc, etc.

I can pretty much go anywhere I want to go, but I've narrowed it down to 3 schools on each coast that I've been accepted to.

Please, help me. And take into consideration cost, retaining a social life, etc. All are huge factors for me.

WEST COAST

University of California: Berkeley
Pepperdine
Stanford University

EAST COAST

The Johns Hopkins University
University of Princeton
New York University

(all of these, East and West coast, are with the assumption that after 4 years, I will transfer to the Massachussetts Institute of Technology; my lifelong dream)

I'm visiting the campus at the University of California: San Diego over Christmas break, as well. I might even just head there because my entire family lives in Corona del Mar.

You see my problem? So indecisive...this sucks...

Well, considering I got accepted to all of those schools in High School (but didn't end up going, the point was to see where I could go) I thought about the California for a while because if you become a resident (living in CA for a year) you don't pay to go to college. That is so much money to be saved on so many other things, especially for those who will be paying your tuition. If you don't want to wait 6 months to a year, well then, still consider it, but personally, I wouldn't your first year at college. Don't stray too far away from home just INCASE, and most ppl their Frosh year do run into trouble. Plus, plane ticket costs might burn a hole in your pocket if you have a low paying job, or no job at all, and who wants to haul their shiz back and forth for breaks when they make you pack your crap and go, and you know all that stuff.

*Princeton, I mean it's okay, but if you're looking for a campus life that's more entertaining and an environment, I would not choose that school. I mean, in the summer when the shore is a GOOD place to be, that's one thing, but you have the whole winter...and well, you get it.

*I'm gonna skip the B.S. NYU is more for your money, more exciting campus life and environment, plus it's really pretty there too...lol. So ya know, if you want excitement a giid environment, and the quality of education of everything you mentioned, this would be the school.

think about it.