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For some reason when I was in high school on Long Island, I was sent literature from Washington and Lee. It was all male back then, but my name is Frances, and maybe the admissions office was clueless back then in the dark ages. I really wanted to go there. Purely by chance, I ended up marrying someone who graduated from W&L. However, I don't think my NY born and bred self would have done well in Lexington.

I think Northwestern would have been a school for me (if I could have picked IL off a map back then). The houses on the quad, the lakes, the city, all called to me the first time I saw them. But I am certain my 17 year-old-self would not have gone through rush back then and I would have missed the whole experience.