It's a big life decision—here's a few things to help think it through.
I was 17 and already making one of the largest decisions of my life: where to attend college. My high school counselor helped me construct a carefully ranked list of reach schools, target schools and safety schools. I filled out an early application, sealed the envelope and wistfully imagined its readers putting me in the “consider” pile or even better, the “admit” stack. Little did I know that choosing a school would not be as clear as my perfectly ordered list suggested.