Imagine that you’re an admissions officer during peak season. You’re 12 days into the application reading crunch. Clif bar wrappers litter the narrow space on the side of your desk. You haven’t had time to clean your well-used Aeropress, which you’ve been using to brew coffees during your 6-hour reading sessions. The office trail-mix tub is running dangerously low. It ’s been 2 hours. Or maybe 5. You’re not sure because you’ve been too engrossed in the applications. You and

What is "fit" and why does it matter? Faced with thousands of college choices, it can be exceptionally difficult to know how to find the...