I knew I wanted to be close to home but not TOO close to home. I ended up at a small school nearly 2 hours away, 1100 students. It was a perfect fit. Small, liberal arts, interesting history. They offered me a good scholarship that sealed the deal in my mind.
In college, I loved the choir and Camerata (a more selective choir), and I was really in the campus newspaper and the literary journal. I served as a peer mentor, and it was one of the best experiences of my life.
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