Back in the day (2010), I applied to:
- Illinois (Grew up Illini fan, fun town and very nice campus, great academic reputation)
- Iowa (Went to high school in Iowa City and loved it, close friends and girlfriend were going there)
- Iowa State (Figured why not?)
- Kansas (Visited and fell in love with the campus, it was my "go it alone and start over" option, LOL)
- Bradley (Dad's MBA, in my hometown)
- Wartburg College (Thinking about baseball)
Got into all of them (was worried about Illinois), and being a White, German-American male from an affluent family and with very mediocre grades, I didn't exactly get much in scholarship money!
Ended up picking Iowa for a number of reasons, and (though I remain an Illini fan to this day) I'm incredibly happy with that decision.
