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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I keep reading about college fit but having hard time trying to figure our a fit. Almost every college seems good with the below criteria:

- [b]No preference for big or small college
- No preference for either a city or college town[/b]
- No big preference for sports, but would like the school to have a baseball team
- Pay is not an issue but would not want to waste it either
- Would focus on STEM with a focus on Math but not sure if it would be sciences, engineering or CS
- Very interested in a research opportunity at undergrad level
- Exceptionally strong in math
- Dorm with AC would be strongly preferred

Perfect GPA and SAT/ACT scores, but asian male. No extracurriculars except math, math and more math activities.

Not looking at prestiage at all. Just trying to find schools where he has a good chance of getting in and also enable him to pursue math and go into sciences/engineering/CS as they seem to be most likely paths he would be interested in.

Could the more experienced posters please provide any advice and pointers to get started on the college list?[/quote]

Is the reason why no preference in these because he is super introverted? I ask because most kids have a strong preference if they have visited a few college campuses. If he really doesn’t mind the environment either way, then just pick strong stem schools. Ones that have the broadest majors and minors that are easy to navigate switch majors explore minors etc. Everything from Rice to Tufts to Purdue for a start. [/quote]

Thank you! Great to learn about Rice, Tufts, Purdue would allow switching majors. Is there a way to find out which schools allow majors to be changed? I hate to go to every single college and dig out the details.[/quote]

He is not as introverted as I may have made him look like. Has a close knit 12-15 kids that he goes out with often. He coaches students at an elementary school for math competitions. He writes math problems for competitions. He organizes math contests.

He likes MIT a lot as many of the topics he is interested in seem to lead to MIT professors as authors. But we know MIT is a really loooong shot as to not even to think about it as a realistic option.

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If he likes MIT, that's a start. You may wish to consider CMU, WPI, RPI, RIT, Olin, Harvey Mudd, Georgia Tech, just of the top of my head.[/quote]

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