DELIGHTED that your experience was so positive. My negativity is due to post-Yale struggles in the first 5 years of my career. When I was there, my attitude was more similar to yours than you might guess from my posts. But not quite so positive. I think I smelled for myself that I’d be lost in my career (at least for a few years), which dampened my appreciation.
I think that’s a wonderful approach for a parent to have. I was listening to a couple parents today talk about how they were glad that their kid was NOT on a more advanced academic tract. I envied that because I was always encouraged to take the most advanced tract possible, struggle aside.