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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you should trust your kid. My DD got accepted to a school I desperately wanted her to attend, but she was adamant that she wanted the really giant school on her list. Found out later that my opinion had tainted her view of her new school. She is beyond happy but mentioned she can't believe she thought she was settling for a lessor school when she made her choice. I now cannot believe the opportunities she has been given. Your kid knows more about what's good for him than you do even if he can't articulate the finer points of why. I do hope you flesh out what he wants to do for a major before you get too deep into the search. Opportunities are not equal at all schools for all careers.[/quote]

He wants a very specific major, which is one of the reasons we're searching far and wide.   It's not a major offered anywhere in our state, to give you a sense of it's relative popularity.

I agree 100% that other than financial concerns, the choice should be 100% his.  I just want him to be open to the possibility that some of his criteria aren't based on reality.  If he were to spend some time looking at the Kentucky school website and decide he didn't like it because of how they structure the major, or if he visited the school (or even the school website!) and didn't get a good feel, or he decided he wanted a school under X or over Y size,  I'd be fine with that.

I think I'm stuck on the Kentucky thing in particular, because it seems so random.  The two schools are literally 10 miles apart, in the same metro area.  
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