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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is so much info on the internet. Why don’t you educate yourself?[/quote]

Because every school on the website sounds good. I am also not understanding the implications of many things that are listed on the websites.
 
We were not educated in this country so what we know about what is a good school comes from US News ranking. Not having lived in other places in the US, I cannot say that my kid likes big or small, hot or cold, urban or suburban, greek life or college football.

He wants to do CS.  So I used Naviance and US world News to come up with a list. But, it is not a list based on what we know about the schools  but rather a copy and paste of what other students have applied to from his school. The Naviance list is also following pretty much the US world news so I suspect that is how people are starting their search?

So I did make a list but this is not a list with any deep thought about what I know about my  kid or through some great research (colleges that change life etc) but rather I have followed the list of  others. He matches all schools according to Naviance. But obviously that is not true. Also, what do I know about my kid? I have no idea if he will be bored in a safety or crushed in a reach? Should he dream big? Should he be in his small pond? In-state? OOS?

I am second guessing everything. All schools sound good on the websites so my fear is that I will select the school based on some weird criteria and then one day my kid will wake up and say that he could have gone to a better school with his stats but I was a lousy guide!! Or I will not have him apply to some great program or opportunity in a college even though he is eligible. [/quote]

I meant there are lots of college admissions blogs out there and many college counselors also post a lot of free information.[b] Sarah Haberson[/b] is one example. If you google her, she has a ton of info on college admissions. Ask the Dean on college confidential is also helpful. Reddit. [b]Georgia Tech Admissions blog [/b]is good too. We did not use a private college counselor but were able to figure it out pretty well by doing our own research and talking to other parents and kids. It is not that complicated to figure out. [/quote]

Thank you for these recommendations. [/quote]

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