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[quote=Anonymous]Here's my advice.  Let your child do it.  The motivated ones are all over this stuff.  If you haven't read it, read "Crazy U" and then sit back,and enjoy the ride.

The only thing that might bite them is the testing timeline.  May/June of Junior year is a killer with SAT Subjects, APs, and the regular SATs.  The junior year testing/prep plan needs to be carefully thought out well in advance.  It is tricky, especially if they are trying to squeeze in the Subject tests that a lot of elite schools want to see.  Most students do best on SATs taken later rather than earlier. At DD's school the average improvement between junior year and senior year SATs is around 100 pts regardless of additional prep.

Don't waste a lot of time with college visits until DC is ready.  That might be early senior year.  After one or two visits they seem to be bored by them until the light goes on that "Hey, I wanna see this school because I might actually go here!"  With junior year grades and SATs in hand, the options narrow and visits are more productive.

Let your child lead this process.  We pushed with our oldest and, in hindsight, he had a better sense of where he should be than we did.  He ended up transferring and is far happier.[/quote]

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