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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Picking a college is unfortunately like so many big $$$ decisions...you try to make the best decision, but you are doing so with only like 5% of the information you really need...and you won't know it until you live it.

Know many kids that had lengthy deliberations and picked their "fit" school only to be dissatisfied.  Know many kids that kind of randomly picked a school based on ranking and general location and loved it.

Honestly, my only advice is make sure a kid isn't picking the school they visited in April over the school they visited in January in a Northern climate.  Seasonal apples-to-apples really is important.[/quote]

Hahaha! Terrific advice :)[/quote]

+1 I kind of think that for the most part kids' perceptions of "fit" are based on next to nothing but vague impressions, stereotypes, and magical thinking.  But placebos do work, and it's the kids who are going to have to live with their decisions.  So if I had a kid who firmly believed in a "fit" narrative about a lesser school, I would question it, get them to try and turn it into concrete aspects that can be compared across schools etc, but ultimately let them make the decision (given that it meets the financial options we laid out).

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