Thank you, this resonates with me because my husband and I just took our teenaged son on a college tour. The colleges that I (and my son) liked the most were not necessarily the most prestigious colleges. They were rather the schools where the students seemed the happiest to be there, which is a hard thing to quantify or put words to, but you know it when you see it. On all of the college tours that we went on, the guides talked about community and how important it was, but it was more convincing at some schools than at others. And yes, those information-dense presentations at the beginnings of the tours certainly are boring and seem weirdly irrelevant, at least for an incoming freshman. It’s so strange and mysterious how we make decisions, really.
Best of luck to you and your daughter. I have not read your book yet but it is on my list and I look forward to it.
Thank you, this resonates with me because my husband and I just took our teenaged son on a college tour. The colleges that I (and my son) liked the most were not necessarily the most prestigious colleges. They were rather the schools where the students seemed the happiest to be there, which is a hard thing to quantify or put words to, but you know it when you see it. On all of the college tours that we went on, the guides talked about community and how important it was, but it was more convincing at some schools than at others. And yes, those information-dense presentations at the beginnings of the tours certainly are boring and seem weirdly irrelevant, at least for an incoming freshman. It’s so strange and mysterious how we make decisions, really.
Best of luck to you and your daughter. I have not read your book yet but it is on my list and I look forward to it.