Selecting your college

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- Congratulations, you're in!

This, your life, just changed.

You're going to college,
and that's amazing,

and you should be so excited about that.

I'm jumping up and down
just thinking about it.

Your life just changed.

The truth of the matter is now I imagine

perhaps, maybe, you
got into more than one.

You have several schools
that you're thinking about

and, maybe, you're even
surprised and pretty excited,

but now, actually, we find
often the most confused,

'cause now you have to make

a significant decision
that really dictates,

sort of, the beginning
of the rest of your life.

Which place should I go to?

The truth of the matter is

you need to do your homework,

you need to really do a deep dive

into the nature of these institutions

and ask all of the questions

you possibly can, of
yourself, about one thing,

and that is, "Where will
I be deliriously happy?"

If you can answer that question,

by looking at these
respective institutions,

and part of it might be
even in the engagements

and interactions you might have

with undergraduates who you talk to,

or other people who've attended there,

if you can answer the question,

"Where can I be deliriously happy?"

then that's the answer to the question,

and that's where you should go.