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[quote=Anonymous]Hi, OP.  I was in your shoes last year with my oldest going through the process — and now my middle child is going through it.  Here is what I learned:

Let them be responsible for figuring out which schools they want to apply to.  No need to rank them now unless the child wants to apply early decision.  They need to figure out what they are looking for in a school (size, location, majors) and then visit a few to check that is what they really want.  For example, by DD wants to go to college in a big city, but she wants the campus to be delineated within that city.  She also wants to double major, so the school needs to have both majors.

Visit whatever schools you have time for now, but understand that your child still has time to visit after the application deadline (some folks say that you have to “show interest” in the school before applying, but my DS was rejected by the schools he visited and accepted by the schools he didn’t visit).

Some schools will give merit, so it’s hard to figure out costs until then, but it’s good to have a ballpark figure.  Mostly schools will post their costs online.  It will be challenging to figure out how much aid you will get before your child applies.
My DD is unable to rank her schools (she likes all of them), so it will probably boil down to whichever financial package is best.[/quote]

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