I hate making decisions. I always wait until the very last minute and then second guess myself until the deed is done. My college decision process was no different; I literally waited until the last day to send in my acceptance.
Probably the best thing you can do for yourself is look in the mirror and ask if you want to lead or follow. High school doesn't bring up students to be leaders to their full capabilities so the better question is do you have what it takes to jump to the front and take the heat of being a good leader? There is no wrong answer to this question, just different paths to take.
Do you prefer to be in a big city? Out in the country? Blocks from the beach? The difference between U.C. Bakersfield's campus location and U.C. Santa Barbara's is enormous and depending on what you are studying you will get the same education.
Created for the simple reason that we didn't want to drive 4 hours to tour a campus that we had very little interest or knowledge in we felt video from an outsider would be sufficient to make a decision. As we traveled to more schools and talked with more prospective students we realized that someone needs to show the personality and overall view of colleges from academics to social life. We have taken in upon ourselves to create the campus tour that we would want to go on, the one where we could actually learn about where we were going, unofficially.
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Many people ask for our take about the schools that we visit on a larger scale perspective, a one page campus manifesto if you will. How we feel being a student there would be from the parties, classes, food, and tours that we have experienced while at a specific location. That is where the "Unofficial Tours Blog" comes in. As best we can we put our feelings and thoughts to paper and it usually ends up being a page to a page and a half. From food to housing, community to classrooms we will mention a little bit of everything. It is our opinion, but isn't a college tour the college's opinion too?