<p>SBmom-Well stated. </p>
<p>What makes some of us crazy is when the choice is between school A, say HYPSM, with 'fit/prestige' combo and school B, say Tulane/CMU/other large merit$ school with 'fit/nice price/not prestige but not too da*n bad either' combo. That's where the searching of conscience begins, along with trying to divine how much difference there really will be in calibre of peers/classroom experience, etc.</p>