<p>Payingthreetuitions....I even love the followup posts you have written! I really understand what you mean about the school fit. It is a shame about high school for your D but what a great contrast that she found her "place" and her "people" at Oberlin. Our high school was just fair. The kids made due. I am sure my younger one would have thrived at some performing arts high school (but that would mean boarding school as there are none in our state) and my older one likely would have thrived and enjoyed some boarding prep school, rather than our rural public school but they made the most of the school here and we would never have sent them to boarding school. </p>
<p>BUT...(there is always a BUT!), now that each child is at college, and they surely picked their own colleges, the fit is terrific and we could not be any happier that each one loves her college so so so so much. What more could a parent want? They had to go through the other experience to get to this experience but when the fit is perfect, it is really wonderful. I am sure when your D leaped across that stage, you had to be so happy that SHE was so happy at her school, particularly after her HS experience.</p>