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[quote=Anonymous]What are some ways to evaluate colleges?

My son is being recruited for football from a lot of D1 and D2 colleges. Many of them are small private colleges, some I have never heard of, some in other states.  I've been using the acceptance rates to evaluate which ones are "good" schools. However, my husband has been telling me that isn't a very good bar in and of itself. (his theory for example is that a school can have a really crappy location that isnt desirable, resulting in fewer applications and a higher acceptance rate-not sure I agree because if a school is good enough, I feel like it can overcome location....but regardless...)

I'll accept that, but I am not sure how else to check them out?  One time my son used his guidance counselor, but he goes to a HUGE high school, she is swamped, and the feedback she gave on the school he asked about wasn't that helpful. She did say "try not to focus on what people around northern VA say about any school-because the population around here is nutty about Ivys and this area is super snobbish about colleges".

When I can, I ask friends/neighbors/coworkers but I get vastly different responses from one spectrum to the other on the same school.

I'm kind of at a loss.  Obviously, figuring out whether these schools have his major available is one screening tool.

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