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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What major is she looking at currently?

Your school’s Naviance is a great resource.

Search schools’s Common data sets. This helps with categorizing between reaches, matches, and safeties.

For every possible college, I also look at the “outcomes” page which lists where graduates go after graduating.

My DC is going for sciences/engineering. So we’ve used asse.org for admitted class profiles for engineering programs.

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Thank you!
Unsure as to her major--but probably along the lines of economics/political science rather than sciences or humanities. Maybe international relations or public policy? Business?  Something with a reading/analytic focus but she's also good at math (just not that interested in focusing on it exclusively).

Naviance has been great for assessing the schools she finds, but I'm unsure how to use it best to generate ideas  And so far we can find a Common Data Set for a school once she know she's interested, but I haven't found a Common Data Set Database to search. Am I missing something?

Cool idea to use a field-based site like asse.org -- that would be great if she were focused enough on a particular area.[/quote]

The Fiske Guide has a great checklist in the front of the book that asks questions about the students preferences. For example, my DC really wants to be near an urban center for culture, restaurants, etc...but wants a college campus too. These are variables that still matter after the “Does it have major?” part. So it has helped shape his list.

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