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I got into UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara. Good schools. Famous schools. My friends were excited for me. Then I told them I was choosing Whittier College instead. They thought I was joking. I wasn't. Here's why. I visited UC Irvine. It's huge. 38,000 students. My tour guide read from a script...

Every time I mention Whittier College, someone says: "Oh, isn't that where Nixon went?" Yes. That was 80 years ago. What about now? I've looked at rankings. Whittier is fine. Not top tier. Not bottom tier. Middle. But I visited last spring, and something felt different. The students were...

I've always been the "good student." You know the type. Sits in the front row. Does all the readings. Turns things in early. But last semester, I hit a wall. I had three papers due in the same week, plus my senior thesis, plus applying to grad school. I was so overwhelmed that I couldn't sleep...