It really depends on what you're going to school for, what your major is. The reputation of a school can be important depending on what field you are planning on getting into after you graduate. But more important than any of that, is really which college best fits YOU! My bff got accepted into an Ivy and into all her other schools that she applied to. She went to the Ivy because of the sheer fact that it was an Ivy lol She lasted 6 weeks before transferring out and going to one of the other schools she was accepted to.