I sent 4 kids to college, but my youngest decided to enroll far away. It's been a completely different admissions experience.

The author's youngest kid is going to college far away. Courtesy of Trisha Daab My 5th and youngest is going the furthest away to college, and it's been a whole new experience. Custom campus tours and a financial aid review were all new to us. This time, the orientation was 2.5 useful and fun days for my kid and for me. I've sent four kids — my son and three stepchildren — to college, so I thought I'd experienced almost everything in this process: campus visits, move-in and move-out, loans,…