I still exist!

So much for posting every day..... but in my defense: COLLEGE SEARCHING. Today I went to Sarah Lawrence and Bard, both stunning, both artsy and sciency and charming and whimsical and close to New York but surrounded by the beauty of the countryside..... tomorrow is Bennington, the day after Middlebury, then Hampshire, and then Wellesley (which I still can never spell on the first try), but I'm mainly checking that out to see a great friend from Italy.

I'll post some pics of the campuses in a week when I'm back home. They're gorgeous, and if I were deciding on appearance alone the decision would impossible. I liked Bard the teeniest bit more, so it may be that I actually end up replacing Sarah Lawrence with Bard, whereas if I hadn't seen the campuses I would have applied just to Sarah Lawrence. Despite a two-hour (NEVER ENDING) campus tour at Bard. Actually, I snuck away before the tour was even over, because I was so tired of campus-inspecting for the day.

Seriously, we've been getting lost at every turn. It's not that I'm a bad map-reader, per se, it's just that the roads are confusing and when you're on them for the first time when you're on a tight schedule, it makes for something of a stressful drive. But beautiful nonetheless, in this rolling, lush countryside. Very unlike the rolling golden hills in California, with granite and lava deposits sticking out of the hills at all angles. I'm not sure which I like better. It seems like it would be easier to declare that New England countryside is prettier, because it's greener and has its dramatic seasons (the trees are just turning red!); but California has such a distinctive beauty as well, and it's that dry, wilder kind. Very much part of the west, away from the lush New England lawns. An impossible decision, honestly. They're both so uniquely stunning.

But countryside is vastly eclipsed by academics, of course, which will be the ultimate decider. So far: Reed, Macalester, Swarthmore, St Andrews, Sarah Lawrence, Bard. And yet I'm far too exhausted to think about which to go to any more tonight. That shall be saved for next April, when I have to decide which college to accept. So in the meantime, goodnight.

I'll try and at least write twice a week. That'll be my secondary goal, and on less hectic weeks I'll still aim for a post a day. Cheers!

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posted by Holly @ 5:15 PM