<p>I can’t speak to the sciences but I don’t think you can go wrong, either way, despite my impulse to want to snag your D’s for Smith.</p>
<p>That said, the student-prof relationships at Smith are incredible. I’ve seen or heard examples time after time. And my D is going back this next week to talk to several profs about grad school.</p>
<p>I don’t think that STRIDE per se has a huge prospect on D’s grad school choices and chances but perhaps there was a ripple effect, for she landed a !@#$%^&*! good job out of college. The fact that she had done collaborative research was surely a plus but she had done that during a summer internship prior to senior year as well…though STRIDE might have helped land that gig as well. In short, who knows?</p>
<p>I think you might be better off making the decision other factors. D intuitively at the time thought that Smith was a better “fit” for her temperamentally and five years later can articulate why in terms I’m not permitted [by her] to discuss on a board. Suffice to say that if the object is maximizing one’s potential in various dimensions, some environments will do better for a given student than another and for a different student it would be the other way around. </p>
<p>If anyone would like, feel free to PM me and include an e-mail address and I’ll reply via e-mail.</p>