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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Imagine knowing almost nothing about wine and walking into a wine store for the first time. White, red, sparkling? California, Chilean, French, German, Italian, Spanish? Chardonnay or Sauvignon blanc? Merlot or Pinot or burgundy? What the heck is shiraz? $10 or $50? Oh, geez, look at the specialty beers over there. Someone starts trying to help you: Do you like a sweet wine or dry? Something full-bodied? Imagine the look on your face.

Some people know they are headed to the wine store and so they do lots of research before they go. They read up about the different wines and the qualities that differentiate them. They look up expert ratings  and recommendations. They take notes and make lists and even spreadsheets. They go to some wine tastings.

And other people are like: for god's sake just give me a decent bottle and get me the heck out of here.

This is what I think the college search is like. And some kids just want someone to tell them what some decent bottles are.[/quote]

I love this analogy. OP, my  11th grade DD is also very resistant to talking about college right now. I think it is a combination of being overwhelmed with all the options (see above), scared about the future, and overworked from a typically tough 11th grade year. Perfectly normal reactions. Just so she can get used to the idea of college, I have made her go on a few college visits to schools that I thought would be good matches. Mainly I am backing away for right now to give her time to think over what she wants and just get through the rest of this school year. I’m hoping that once the stress of junior year is over and the excitement of senior year kicks in, the motivation to start planning will be there also. [/quote]

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