I turned down a spot at an Ivy league school to go to another top-25 ranked school because they offered a lot of scholarship money. I would not have done that.

I turned down a spot at an Ivy league school to go to another top-25 ranked school because they offered a lot of scholarship money. I would not have done that. I would not have majored in Latin, or at least I would have considered majoring in something else. I majored in Latin because it was an extremely short major because I had taken 4 college courses in high school. I figured that would leave me with plenty of time to find something else worth studying, but I hadn't made it to CS before graduation time came. That decision forced roughly 4 years of extra work to "catch up" to where I would have been had I majored in CS originally. I spent far too much time and energy trying to answer ?'s of religion that ultimately didn't get me anywhere. I wasted time oscillating between atheism and various flavors of Christianity, and in doing so ate up a lot of energy that ultimately could have been used for more fruitful pursuits. EDIT - I see people are listing things they would have done identically as well. I figured I'd add this. Assuming I went to the same college, I would not have changed my circles of friends significantly. I was in a dry fraternity (Lambda Chi Alpha at Wake Forest if anyone cares to know), and we were the top academic fraternity by a long shot for my entire tenure there. The people I met there were, by and large, the most fascinating people I've ever met. From this group, I know a Marshall scholar, a professional rapper, three priests of wildly differing viewpoints, several doctors and a professional poker player who netted 6 figures a year for 3 years. They were all people who weren't interested in the typical fraternity scene and who were intensely interested in the world around them and trying to make the most out of it, whereas the typical fraternity student isn't looking beyond their next chance to get laid. They ALMOST make up for my poor choice to take a scholarship instead of going to a school someone might have heard of.