How to pick a college

If you've already been accepted to more than one college and have to decide, try this (though tomorrow is the deadline for most of you):

1. Get all the information on the colleges you are deciding among. Write it down and absorb it WITHOUT trying to decide anything.

2. Put colleges, deciding, the future, and all such questions out of your mind for 24 hours, or preferably 36 hours.

3. Go the the beach (or the woods) and sit there undisturbed for an hour. Realize how big nature and the world and the universe are and how small you are.

4. After an hour, ask yourself where you'd really like to be sitting next year at this time. The answer is where you should go to college.

5. If the above system fails, flip a coin, but don't look. Instead, check which side of the coin you are hoping will turn up. There's your answer.