How Did You Choose Your College? Just a few weeks ago, many of you gathered around a virtual kitchen table on The Choice blog to share the admission decisions of the colleges to which you applied. Since then, you've had until May 1 to choose a college and submit an enrollment deposit. The National Candidates Reply Date is here, seniors. How did you make your final college decision? Whether you are excited about where you're going to college, or just relieved from the burden of having to choose, we'd like to know about the biggest factor that helped you make the choice. Was your college choice a close call or a no-brainer? Did you base your decision on affordability, academic fit or some combination of the two? Were you swayed by an institution's prestige? Did someone help you make up your mind, did statistics help you decide, or did you rely on a gut feeling? We hope you'll share your thought process with other readers of The Choice, so that we might all have a better sense of what really happens when decision time comes. College students and graduates are also welcome to weigh in, of course. It wasn't long ago that you, too, had to make the choice. Perhaps your experience will help someone else. So, tell us: How did you choose your college? What advice would you give to future college applicants who will one day have to choose? Please join the discussion in the comments box below.