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[quote=Anonymous]Hello, I feel very late to this game but here it goes. Looking for college suggestions for 11th grader. My (biased) assessment of her: As a parent I am most proud of her bc she is a truly great human being. She goes to a public school that is racially and economically diverse. She is white but so so so very interested in other kid's cultures and languages. She wants to do something in college where she can speak spanish…not sure (international relations?) when I say she loves Spanish, she actually stands outside an AP Spanish class (she can't take til 12th grade) to listen, and goes to that teachers extra help after school (even tho she isn't in the class). She found the ESL students who are newly in this country and didn't speak a lick of English and befriended them (was later told that she was the first and only "gringa" who has ever spoken to them voluntarily. She subsequently encouraged them to try out for the tennis team and gave them lessons prior to tryouts) She gets top grades (probably will graduate in top 1%-2% of class, she takes too many APs, ridiculous amt actually and I am totally against it, she is on 3 sports and plays a weird instrument (think tuba/bassoon etc) and goes to a pre-college Saturday program for that (interlochen in summer) Anyway, I work FT so does DH and we have limited time and should have started sooner on going to college visits, she may actually have to go to some alone (bad mom I know) bc my work schedule and dh's is travel heavy and unaccomodating. She does not want to go to music conservatory but does want to play in college. She thinks she wants a college maybe around 10K ppl, not a huge school def. And not a school that has 400 in the grade either. She loves cities, boston, ny, etc…but honestly she's probably open to non-city areas too. She's a very open minded person, curious, loves trivia, she's funny and likes to LIVE, really get out there and explore. Sorry about the length, but really need get to some schools--I feel like everyone is so on top of this stuff and I'm not. Oh, also she has only taken the psat and got a 1430 (selection index of 217) Never took a prep class and will take SAT some time this Spring I think.[/quote]

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