<p>I’m not TheDad, but I took his post to not really be about Florida or warm states but about the strength of each criteria for college selection the student was using to select colleges. Certainly location is a factor to consider. Whether that criteria trumps academic offerings or EC offerings or size, or selectivity, etc. is what I think TheDad meant. So, as I wrote earlier, it is hard to have every school on one’s list match up perfectly or ideally with each of their college criteria and so sometimes, one may give up size for location or give up location for program offerings, or give up location for fit, etc. I think he was questioning if location might not need to be the number one criteria in selecting a school, even if it is a consideration, as it should be. So, in this case, does she want to give up opportunities to continue dancing in any capacity just to be in a warm climate, etc. Which criteria is more important to her?</p>