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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Like the wine analogy poster says, you need to give some guidance.

First: Decide what is feasible for your family- public, private near home, tuition cost, etc.

[b]Second: Once you determine this take DS to One large, one medium and one small school that he realistically has a chance of getting into.  Try to go on tours/get lectures on the schools so he can see and hear about the schools.
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Third: See what appeals most to DS.  Tell him to eliminate at least one of the categories (such as no big schools, etc).

This should at least give DS a better feel of what he is looking for.  It's overwhelming and confusing, so limiting it down helps.    [/quote]

I think this is good advice, though for my kid it is turning out that size is less important than location (i.e. urban, suburban, rural).  I'm still not sure how a child who for the most part seems like my clone could prefer a campus in/near a big city to an idyllic rural one, but there you go.  Some kids also really care a lot about weather-related factors.[/quote]

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