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Far from it. Fit is important. I think the concept of "best fit" is silly  but there needs to be a general consideration for fit. There are schools  that share a number of characteristics that likely make them a much better match for a certain type of student. Fit in this sense can be very important for how well a student performs in college and whether he has a productive and happy college experience. Far too many students choose blindly based on ranking and prestige without considering fit at all. [/quote]

For highly qualified (but not "HYPS") kids, chasing prestige for the sake of prestige is nuts.  IMO it makes much more sense to weed out schools that don't feel right.  There is a noticeable difference between (for example) Bowdoin and Wesleyan.  If you don't account for that and pick the wrong one, you may be quite unhappy.[/quote]

Haha....so true.  i wanted DS to go to Bowdoin but he didn't care for it and fell in love with Wes and couldn't be happier.  Colleges definitely have distinct cultures and to ignore the notion of fit is shortsighted.[/quote]

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