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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well you should structure the visits to rule out types of school. It's a hard thing to do at 17 or 18. [b]So look at big state school in small town, small private in medium city, small private in major city, etc. [/b]Also look at regions(remember most school place grads close to the school)- the South, Southern California, NE, PAC NW, etc. Even if she says she does not want to go to these type of schools let her see what's out there and the student body.

Have gone through this, remember the competition for the big name schools is fierce. Get her into a prep course and see if you can raise the scores. Also take the ACT. [/quote]

That's the conventional wisdom, but I think it's really bad advice.  Kid might like (or hate) a particular small private or a particular big city and to rule out (or focus exclusively on) a whole category based on a single instance (which might not even be a school under serious consideration -- just an example that's easy to visit) seems foolish.  Figure out what looks good on paper (for whatever reason), then check it out in person.  When you check it out could vary -- "worth applying" to is a lower threshold than deciding whether to enroll.  And if you focus on the latter question, then you have a smaller/more obvious list of places to visit -- the ones where she has offers and which she thinks she prefers.[/quote]

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