<p>It's really isn't that easy to predict a match between a student and a college. Fortunately most kids are just thrilled to be leaving highschool and home, and adapt well to their college even if it was not their first choice and they had some qualms about the school. Also it can really be the luck of the draw. A school that could be a mismatch can become home if the student meets the right people, a good roommate and nice slate of classes. I have known kids who hated their college even after they had gone through the whole checklist of things to do when picking a school, and everyone thought the match owas great. And there are kids who were "sent" to a college who ended up loving it there. Often it is a mixed bag of feelings, as life tends to be. Sometimes you cannot get the reason out of the kid as to why they are so down on a school--they just don't want to say.</p>