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[quote=Anonymous]I think you can encourage the idea of "diversification" in college applications without taking over the process--say he should add a liberal arts college and a true safety  to the research university list.  Last year there seemed to be an overrun of high stats tech-oriented kids at research universities making it harder to get at accepted than many were expecting. Liberal arts colleges might also offer your son finacial aid/merit aid (you have to look at whether they are known for this) and you can look for ones that are in or near cities.  For liberal arts colleges, it can be important to demonstrate interest so he needs to be on board with it--not just you tossing one more into the mix.  Look for which schools have a great track record in STEM PhD placement.  Many might not have an engineering program--so that's one way to weed out if he wants engineering as the undergrad major. (If he's a straight to PhD type that's less important--just choose the closest science to his interest).[/quote]

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