Correct. I think the only Big XII school I applied to was Texas (actually, I think Colorado too-- and Texas was SWC at the time, CU was Big 8), and it was because my dad somehow finagled Texas residency being in the military. Texas, while a good school, wasn't as good then as it is now (it may be harder to get into now than Wake), and I never would've gone anyway because I loved OU, which I didn't apply to. I was always going to go to the best school that accepted me, and that was Wake. Duke and Davidson told me to go eat a bag of dicks. JMU was where I was going to go if Wake didn't take me. Probably a good thing Wake took me, as JMU's academic ranking took a hit that year-- it went from 4th best regional school (Wake was #1) to 11th. I had done a campus tour the summer before and was elated. I really felt like that was the place I wanted to be the minute I stepped foot on the quad. I had toured Vandy too and got the exact opposite vibe so I didn't even apply.