Hello all,

As you can tell from my signature, I've recently been accepted to Guelph University, for their psychology program. If you're not familiar with Canadian universities, Guelph is actually the best of the 3 universities I applied to.

I was originally planning on attending Laurentian University for 3 reasons:

-It's closest to family (about an hour away)
-They offer more scholarships/bursaries
-My best friend is going there

But I've been really looking into Guelph, and it looks like a GREAT school, basically better than Laurentian in all aspects. If family and money weren't an issue, I'd go there, no problem. Guelph ranks #1 in Canada for student satisfaction, and they're #1 for food quality.

But I so want to be as close to my family and my best friend as possible...and I absolutely fear change. In my heart, I know that it would be a positive thing for me to go to Guelph because it's a better school and because I'd be learning to be more independent. I'm a very dependent person, so this would be perfect! But I'm so scared.

Has anybody else had to make a decision like this? What do you think?