Anonymous wrote:Starting to make lists of potential schools to look at for insanely smart as a whip kid currently attending elite private. Right now, he thinks he wants Ivy, but I would also like to encourage him to look at smaller, non-Ivy schools. Someone suggested places like Smith, Swarthmore, Haverford, etc. I know nothing about any of these schools as I graduated from a large California public university. Are there any other places like this that we could add to the list? DS also plays football in high school and may potentially want to continue playing (although not at a school where 6'5" 300 pound lineman are the norm).

Anonymous wrote:As far as the football thing - in college even D III and MIT lineman are 6'5 and 300 lbs.

Anonymous wrote:Colby. My nephew went to Colby so he he could play football there.

Anonymous wrote:Troll post.

Anonymous wrote:"OP here - told you I know nothing about any of these places! Ha! Okay so Smith is out. He is a math brain and is thinking of accounting or finance as numbers are second nature to him. He’s at an elite private right now and likes the feel of kids who are competitive and compelled to do really well in life. He loves things like Vineyard Vines and fancy dinners. That type of kid. Hence he has it in his mind that the Ivies are the right fit. But he is also a genius without breaking a sweat."

From the sounds of this, his school and his peers will be able to help him figure this out. Not that you shouldn't ask, but they will know him and where he would fit much better than random people on the interwebs.

As it gets closer to the time to apply, his school will hold meetings for parents and councilors will meet with the kids to help figure this out.

Some would say the process I am describing is the entire reason to go to an elite private.

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Anonymous wrote:Starting to make lists of potential schools to look at for insanely smart as a whip kid currently attending elite private. Right now, he thinks he wants Ivy, but I would also like to encourage him to look at smaller, non-Ivy schools. Someone suggested places like Smith, Swarthmore, Haverford, etc. I know nothing about any of these schools as I graduated from a large California public university. Are there any other places like this that we could add to the list? DS also plays football in high school and may potentially want to continue playing (although not at a school where 6'5" 300 pound lineman are the norm).

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Anonymous wrote:Starting to make lists of potential schools to look at for insanely smart as a whip kid currently attending elite private. Right now, he thinks he wants Ivy, but I would also like to encourage him to look at smaller, non-Ivy schools. Someone suggested places like Smith, Swarthmore, Haverford, etc. I know nothing about any of these schools as I graduated from a large California public university. Are there any other places like this that we could add to the list? DS also plays football in high school and may potentially want to continue playing (although not at a school where 6'5" 300 pound lineman are the norm).

Anonymous wrote:Starting to make lists of potential schools to look at for insanely smart as a whip kid currently attending elite private. Right now, he thinks he wants Ivy, but I would also like to encourage him to look at smaller, non-Ivy schools. Someone suggested places like Smith, Swarthmore, Haverford, etc. I know nothing about any of these schools as I graduated from a large California public university. Are there any other places like this that we could add to the list? DS also plays football in high school and may potentially want to continue playing (although not at a school where 6'5" 300 pound lineman are the norm).