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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No idea where to begin!  My DD is just at the start of high school, but I can’t believe how much I’m already hearing about college.  Sounds like a totally different scene than when I was applying.  What’s important to know?

Also, I hear people talking about ultra high SAT scores in this area.  In my day, the kids who got 1400 or 1500 were rare, even at top prep high schools.  What’s changed?

Any advice welcome![/quote]

Get a free Niche.com log-in, so you can see their admissions scattergrams filtered by major. Just seeing how much easier it is to get into most schools as a history major than as a CS major is really educational.

Niche can also help with filtering colleges. You start ny looking at the entry for one school, and Niche will give you a list of comparable schools.

Another thing to think about is whether you have an independent kid who’d enjoy going to an English-language bachelor’s program in Europe. If so, that might make a good, affordable alternative to your state flagship, but, to take that route, it would be helpful if the kid could have four AP scores of 3 or higher in hand by the middle of the senior year.

Finally, if your kid wants to take charge of the application process and seems to understand it, let your kid do everything possible. Just make it clear how much you can pay, that your kid understands the concept of “financial safety,” and that your kid knows how to use tools like College Confidential, Khan Academy and Niche. Learn how this works for entertainment value, but try to talk about it with your kid as little as possible. If your kid is handling things, come post here, so you have some place to talk about colleges that doesn’t affect your kid. [/quote]

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