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March 29, 2012 By pia

When I began this blog my niece was ten and not the most mature ten.

Now she’s an incredibly mature seventeen year old who has to make her first major life decision: Barnard or Tufts?

I think I know what the answer will be but both sound great to me. I’m so so so proud!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdSmzd0DmAs&feature=related
She’s so Zooey!

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Comments

  1. cooper says

    March 29, 2012 at 6:39 pm

    That’s a lot of years.

    Good luck to her in her decision. I think they are both great schools.

  2. Bone says

    March 30, 2012 at 8:28 am

    Congratulations to your niece!

    When you began this blog, I was, oh geez, thirty? And not the most mature thirty 🙂

    And of course you know I love New Girl. One of the very, very few shows that ever makes me laugh out loud.

  3. pia says

    March 30, 2012 at 8:41 am

    @cooper
    Thanks Cooper. You could probably hear the screaming–not her–my sister

    @Bone
    Thanks Bone. Yes I know. It just seemed fitting since she looks like Zooey and emulates her.
    Wait she’s going to an Ivy and emulates a TV star? It’s OK I love her too.

  4. Doug says

    March 30, 2012 at 9:37 am

    They let seventeen year olds pick colleges? Doesn’t seem right.

  5. Sage says

    April 3, 2012 at 7:21 pm

    That sounds like a tough decision but one she can’t go wrong with. Congratulations to her!

  6. pia says

    April 4, 2012 at 3:38 pm

    @Doug
    They do. Seventeen year olds who will probably go to one college only–unlike thee and me

  7. pia says

    April 4, 2012 at 3:39 pm

    @Sage
    Thanks! Her parents think it’s the most difficult decision THEY ever made. She picked the 15 schools she applied to 🙂

  8. pia says

    April 4, 2012 at 3:40 pm

    Actually she wants to go to a “normal” school now

  9. EsotericWombat says

    April 6, 2012 at 5:04 am

    When the nerds finally get around to conquering the world, Cambridge and Somerville will be the twin capital cities of America.

    I can’t comment on the schools (I know people who have very good things to say about both), but in terms of places to live, the area around Tufts comes with my full-throated endorsement

    You probably knew what I was going to say about this, but it bears repeating: I fucking love it here.

  10. pia says

    April 9, 2012 at 1:44 pm

    @EsotericWombat
    It will probably be the one. She’s also considering NYU as she got into an honors program. I always knew she was intelligent. I just didn’t know she was going to blow many of her classmates out of the water! And she’s so sweet! And a very proud nerd!

    I think I belong there also

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