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[quote=Anonymous]Professor here with a high schooler. LAC, not sure. But the types of schools I'd be cautious about for any kid are gigantic state schools (too easy to get lost for so many), too tiny not well known or endowed privates that are under-resourced and perhaps at risk of closing (obvious issues), being an athlete at a school where athletes aren't given special treatment (it's too hard to do school and sports without special meals, transit, sometimes tutoring because your classes are compromised...furthermore the professors don't really value sports because the culture isn't sports so when you miss class or are late due to practice no one cares and they just dismiss you as unserious).

There are also fit issues individual to a kid, but the above are some of my generalized red flags.

My kid is attracted to T-20 private schools in the 5,000-10,000 range, which feels just right yet is too ambitious. So we need to work to expand that range down to T-50s to hope for actual admission and perhaps some merit.

I also look for professional advising (not faculty advising) with a small enough undergraduate-focused teaching faculty that students also have formalized mentor relationships in their major. [/quote]

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