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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why don't you just have your daughter do research?  It should be her decision, with your support and guidance, since I assume its your money.  Send her to a college fair or two and let her form her own opinion.[/quote]

Exactly what info do you think is given out at college fairs that helps with the research? I'm sincerely curious. I have found college fairs to be fairly devoid of useful information. I send my kid to them so he can check the box "shows interest in school" for colleges that care about that. Which means he already knows what tables he wants to visit (or I think he should visit) when he gets there.

There are thousands of colleges out there, hundreds in any given guidebook, and many kids don't want to read through an entire guidebook, and even if they do, aren't really sure what they should be looking for. Some kids know exactly (or think they know) what they want in a college, but many don't have a clue. I know my kid found it very useful for me to help him home in on 20 or so schools. Once I said to him, "here are 20 schools I think you should read about. They all have x, y, and z in common, which are attributes I think will be important to you," DC was really able to engage.

It's not that different from if my teen were buying a new car. I suppose I could just hand him a guide to every make and model out there and let him figure out what appealed to him (and some kids would love that) but it also makes a lot of sense for me to tell him what makes/models are fuel efficient, affordable for us, have good safety ratings, have certain features he might be interested in, etc. And for some families, the right path would be to say, "your options are x, y, and z." It depends on the kid, the budget, etc.[/quote]

Except that my DC would be much more interested in doing the car research than the college research.[/quote]

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