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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please tell us the intended major. More than anything else this should narrow down his choices. Get him into the best school for that major if you can convince him to go. My DD picked based on major, but she has known for a long time what she wants to do. If your son already knows what his major will be then he won't pick a school based on much else but rank/size of program.[/quote]

I'm not going to do that, because it's besides the point.  I'm not asking for help in choosing a school.  I could care less whether my kid actually goes to school in Iowa or Kentucky or wherever.  Personally, I'm kind of hoping he chooses the school in Philly so I can visit him often.   i'm asking for idea on how to help my kid broaden his knowledge about and attitudes towards the rest of the country.

It's a major offered in about 20 places in the country.  That seems like plenty to choose from, but once you start weeding out schools that are too rural for a kid who likes the city, or too small for a kid who likes big schools, or that don't offer substantial financial aid, or that have an academic requirement that he doesn't meet, the list gets short fast.  But even if he was looking to major in English or Computer Science or something else that's offered in thousands of schools, I still wouldn't want my kid dismissing whole swaths of the country without learning about them first. [/quote]

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