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    The document discusses factors to consider when choosing a college, including alumni involvement and fit. It recommends meeting with alumni from potential schools to learn about their experiences and continued involvement. This can provide insight into how happy you may be at that school. It also stresses the importance of visiting campuses to determine fit, as fit is crucial to feeling comfortable and reaching your full potential. Campus visits and talking to ordinary students can help gauge if a school and community are a good fit.

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    The document discusses factors to consider when choosing a college, including alumni involvement and fit. It recommends meeting with alumni from potential schools to learn about their experiences and continued involvement. This can provide insight into how happy you may be at that school. It also stresses the importance of visiting campuses to determine fit, as fit is crucial to feeling comfortable and reaching your full potential. Campus visits and talking to ordinary students can help gauge if a school and community are a good fit.

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    Words of Wisdom

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    thingslike selectivity (numbers of applicants versus number of oers), peer reputation (how other schools perceive an institution), or alumni giving rate (the percentage of alums who donate)may not be of interest to you personally, though they may be of interest to another applicant. Do be careful when using rankings.

    #9: Alumni Involvement The level to which alums become involved and contribute to the continued growth of their alma mater is a subjective indicator of what a school oers undergraduates. This is a dicult thing to quantify, so you must depend upon quality interactions with alums to make good decisions. Make an eort to meet alums from your short list of schools. While at rst they might be interviewing you, after you have received an oer of admissions you should be interviewing them. Seeing the products of a place, uncovering their recollections, and learning about how they stay involved in making the place better can be strong indicators for how happy you would be at a school yourself. Interact with young alumni and not-so-young alumni. Each group will have an interesting perspective and, ultimately, the information they share will help you make your choice regarding the school that in four short years you may call my alma mater.
    How comfortable you feel at a college is the most important part of the decision-making process and possibly the most dicult to dene. By visiting the campuses of the schools you are interested in, perhaps staying overnight, you can best determine t. The t of a school is like the t of a shoe. If you buy it because it looks nice, but you dont try it on rst, you could be very uncomfortable later. And, size, style, and purpose do matter. Get to know the community the school is in (rural, urban, or suburban), the nature of the area, and, more important, what students do on campus and o. Talk to ordinary students, not just the tour guides. Ask whether they feel the school ts them or why they t the institution. You have to be comfortable to learn to your maximum potential.

    #10: Fit

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