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[quote=Anonymous]We did not visit schools that my DS was absolutely opposed to going to; however, we did visit a few that he considered "safety" schools.

For those of you who think that the parents shouldn't come up with a list of schools, what you need to understand is that some of us have kids who have no clue what they want to study, where they want to go, or what schools are known for what things, yet they are wonderful students with a bright future ahead of them. In my DS's case, the only schools he had ever heard about were the ones that DH and I had attended, both out of state schools which generally accept kids with lower GPA's than his.   I came up with a list of schools for us to visit, based on the size of school he wanted (large), and the stats of the students, and we did a lot of tours during his junior year. By the time we'd visited a few schools, DS was finally "into" the process and he had a better idea of what he was looking for in a school. He ended up attending his first choice, and is very happy there.

Don't criticize parents for helping to guide their kids; many of the children need the assistance to get started in the college-selection process. [/quote]

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