<p>This is a repost from the old threads, so I thank those of you who have already given advice, and I look forward to getting more great suggestions from all of you helpful parents!</p>
<p>My brother is currently a sophomore, and is just beginning his college search. He may study abroad for a year or a semester next school year, so he and my parents are trying to get a jump start on looking at colleges. </p>
<p>He has mostly B+'s with some A's in regular (as opposed to honors) classes in his freshman year and so far about the same this year. He goes to a competitive public high school on Long Island. </p>
<p>He has yet to take a real SAT but generally has scored around 1300-1350 on practice tests. </p>
<p>He is a pretty darn good artist, in my opinion (which is probably somewhat biased). He takes lessons in that and piano. He sings in chorus at school, and was selected as a member of the select choir in his junior high school in 9th grade. He likes woodworking and is quite good at it. He's also been in a couple of school plays, but not the lead roles. </p>
<p>Basically, he's interested in maybe becoming a teacher. I think his ideal job would be to teach the tech/woodworking classes. However, he is also considering art and architecture programs as well, but is not hugely committed to that. </p>
<p>He would probably do best in a smaller school with more personal attention, as he has been known to recieve better grades and make more friends in a more intimate environment. </p>
<p>He also tells us he'd much prefer going to school in a rural environment, although region of the US isn't really an issue at all. </p>
<p>He also volunteers helping with children's summer programs at a local museum, and interacts really well with kids. I think it is for this reason that he wants to be a teacher. </p>
<p>He is not an athletic kid, nor do I expect him to be really into partying, as he's much more on the quiet side. </p>
<p>He also wants to go to a college where he can continue being involved in music and maybe theater, even if he is not a prodigy in these areas.</p>
<p>My family, like I said, has just started the process, so they don't have a really good idea of the schools that would be appropriate yet. </p>
<p>What do you think?</p>