Reply to Strategies for narrowing colleges

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Strategies for narrowing colleges "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does she want a big school? small school? 
urban, rural?
Figure these out, then look for schools that fit the bill within 6-8 hours[/quote]

I think this is maybe why we're struggling--she is open to all and doesn't have a preference.  Small rural schools seem cozy, urban schools seem interesting , big schools seem fun and have lots of opportunities. She's a really optimistic and agreeable person who doesn't like to commit.  I thought we were able to cross urban schools off the list when on a family trip, she didn't really like Philadelphia ("nice to visit, wouldn't want to live here")-- but on a different  trip she really loves Pittsburgh so maybe we should consider UPitt and Carnegie Mellon.

Y'all are helping me think though that we should start with a map, list the schools we have heard of within 6 hours and THEN use the Common Data Set to sort them academically and financially and if there's not enough in each category expand the range a little more.  I want her to be the driver of this process, but I'm thinking she needs a more limited menu to choose from as she's sort of in a state of overwhelm by all the options, her limited knowledge about any of them, and that it's probably the most important decision she's had to make in her life yet.  So she's just avoiding it all and saying "it's all good."[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics