This is the kind of wisdom which, if a kid can internalize, makes all the difference in the world in the process.
For ours, it came on a tour of a school, in a place, of a type, which they’d not only not considered, but thought was not right for them across the board. They loved it. It changed everything for them in approach and really de-stressed the process. (Of course, ask me on any combination of 12/15 and 4/1 how that’s all going!)