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[quote=Anonymous]I wish I had taken more action in developing my own list of colleges. So with regard to the debate on another thread about where to "push" your kid, here's where I'd push the most. (Although the apps do need to get done, too.)

My dad developed my college tour. He did this by thinking back to the colleges attended by women he had dated, in the 1950s, no less, who had impressed him. My mom, the college president's daughter provided almost zero input based on some philosophy about not interfering in your kids' choices.  We did add Harvard to the list because my friend wanted to apply, so my mom took us on the 2-day trip to Boston. In the end I got into a great college, but one that probably wouldn't have been my first choice (and my friend and I were both waitlisted at Harvard).

So I say, push your DC to consider more schools. He certainly needs some more good safeties. He can apply to some colleges without visiting, especially if he just needs to retool an existing essay. My own DC is currently attending a college I stuck on the tour at the last moment, which became DC's first choice after the visit. DC's college was in the neighborhood of another college on the tour, and the "add-on" approach makes it easier to broaden his horizon to dark horses (not to mention mixing metaphors).[/quote]

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