ponder

I need to ponder or seriously think about choosing a college. Since I’ve been accepted to two different universities, I will ponder or carefully consider each school’s advantages. Pondering or wondering about the experiences and programs offered at each place will help me make my decision. I have two weeks to ponder or weigh my options—hopefully, thorough consideration will lead me to the best choice.

Quiz: Try again! Which of these best shows a man who is pondering?

• He is suddenly deciding to take the bus home instead of the train.
• He is reading an email that says he has to attend a meeting that day.
• He is sitting on a bench while thinking about quitting his job.

• My own way of thinking is to ponder long and I hope deeply on problems and for a long time which I keep away for years and years and I never really let them go. — Roger Penrose, British mathematician and physicist
• While planetary scientists have some potential answers, they’ve barely scraped the surface of the data from New Horizons and Dawn [NASA space probes]. . . . As they ponder new data, we’ll learn even more about the planets, and how closely related they just might be. — Discover Magazine
• McGonigal provided the questions for visitors to ponder "to help them imagine the future more vividly and optimistically," she said during an interview with VOA. Questions include, "When might moon tourism become a real reality?" — Voice of America