<p>tetus, LOL!!</p>
<p>The best employers, the best schools, the best clubs etc. pay close attention to “fit” in determining whether to hire/admit. They usually use the term cultural fit. Unless you’re being hired for some esoteric research job where success is unrelated to human interaction, fit is a critical success factor. Will we get along with this applicant, will he or she get along with us, do we have a role that will be challenging, will he or she find our workplace exhilarating or stifling, does he or she need a structured environment or is a looser, less rules-based approach better. The list of “fit” issues is long, the impact of a bad fit is costly on many levels. I would argue that “fit” is absolutely a blackball issue. You can be the smartest guy or gal around, but if you’re a lousy fit for a company or school, you’ll get the axe. Just a matter of when.</p>
<p>With bright, adolescent children applying to boarding school, fit is even more critical. The personality and habits of your kid are being formed and influenced in greater measure than at any other time in their lives. Parents need to assess honestly the strengths, weaknesses etc of their child and try to identify the School that has the right academics, activities, teaching philosophy, size, community spirit etc that will produce the best results - FOR THEIR UNIQUE CHILD. It’s absolutely 100% about fit.</p>
<p>For some, maybe you, “fit” is a scary proposition to be avoided and discounted because it cannot be measured. As an overall proposition, that approach does not work well in the real work-a-day world, at least in the one I occupy.</p>