<p>Melding some of this with your original thread question: if we grasp that another college was a better fit for Mathmom’s son, isn’t it possible an HYP could identify the same? </p>
<p>Not by name. Not, gee, hope she applied to Yale or gosh, he’d shine at CMU. Or she’d get that big city environment she wants at Columbia. Not even: well, sure hope he applied to a school with lots of nano. </p>
<p>But a sense an applicant’s wants, needs, strengths and “rest of the story” don’t quite line up with what H does offer and how they offer it, plus the college’s various other wants and needs. </p>
<p>This is where I slide in. Considering the fierce competition, if you could “fit yourself” to the program at, say, H, could you then identify some of the other variables and show your fit in those, too? </p>
<p>Not that they need more violists. But some of the characteristics they favor. </p>
<p>This isn’t about HYP fever. It’s about those kids who could be a good fit and shouldn’t apply blindly, assuming what made them hot in hs is all a college needs to see.</p>