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This seems awfully convoluted (or, stated differently, the PP who spoke to her experience at two Ivies is far more credible).

I'd encourage my kid to look for a school that is a good fit in the first instance, not hedge his or her bets by picking a school in, say, Boston, just so they might be able to hang out with kids from another school if they decided they didn't want to spend time with students at their school any longer.   [/quote]
[b]Being stuck in the same rural college town of 4000-6000 students gets very old after 1-2 years, especially for college students[/b]. You won't figure out 'fit' within one college visit or looking at the school's website.

Its not hedging, its understanding that city life in general provides better opportunities for more activities, regardless of how many 'activities' the school itself sponsors.

Harvard and MIT students have their own campuses and then have access to the entire city of Boston and students from other colleges.

However if you are a quiet student who doesn't do much, certainly you might want small rural school where students in your proximity are forced to become friends with you due to lack of people so you can monopolize their attention. Other students want more options and opportunities in life. [/quote]

This is insane.  I've always been very social and went went to a college of 2400 kids.  That was plenty of people to get to know--I found my tribe several times over.  Plus there were another 600 kids coming in every year so in my 4 years there were 4200 potential friends.

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