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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's overrated once you have narrowed your college choice down to a size/general location/has your major/D1 sports (as a spectator).

There is another thread about how a kid has decided Berkeley is their "dream" school...when in fact I bet that kid will have a grand old time at UCLA, University of Washington, UC Boulder, etc.

The other issue I have is there are plenty of people who pick a college based on fit and then are looking to transfer after 1 year because your decision on a "fit" school is made with such incomplete information.[/quote]

It depends on the student. Some really care about campus environment (rural vs city), or weather. Some really care about finding a school where a large % of peers care about classes and have intellectual discussions in their free time. Some care about sports culture. Some do not care about any of this, hence fit is not as important. [/quote]

I get any objective criteria including rural/city, weather, sports culture, etc…which will still leave you with probably 50+ schools.  Fit as DCUM seems to define it is supposed to capture a feeling or other subjective criteria which I think is the trap.[/quote]

There are thousands of schools, and you have to narrow it some way.  50+ schools is still 40 schools too many. [/quote]

My point is a kid would probably be happy at any of the 50, so no need to somehow find the perfect “fit”.

Decide weather is most important, followed by objective criteria X which narrows the list to 10-15, apply and then see where things shake out.[/quote]

That is exactly what fit is -- you have narrowed 4000 colleges down to 50 you could be happy at. Now you have to make another 5 cuts of 10.[/quote]

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