Daughter with High Hopes and Dreams

<p>Question is whether a law degree from the UK helps here in the US. Other than that, a great suggestion.
Other suggestions are the University Colleges in the Netherlands. Instruction is in English, half the students are from the NL, the other half from abroad. Very cool set-up in a bunch of typical university towns, and compared to US tuition, a bargain.</p>

<p>Great idea on the Netherlands. Maastricht is a great school and city.</p>

<p>My son’s original dream schools were all in NYC. #1 was NYU but then he saw it and it went out the window. Realized he wanted a campus. #2 was Fordham - lovely campus but hated the part of the Bronx it’s in. Looked at Manhattan but found it meh. On top of that we had told him straight off that there was no way we wre going to shell out $$$ in monthly allowance so he could have a good time while going to school in NYC. He also declared several times he was not going to college in Ohio, PA or Maine (which is where he ended up, naturally.) </p>

<p>I wouldn’t worry about visiting until the summer or fall. My son didn’t step foot on the campus he attends until the end of Oct of his Sr. yr. He also took both the ACT and SAT in Sept/Oct of Sr. yr. First sitting for both were in spring of Jr. year. </p>

<p>If you can afford it, I’d suggest a private tutor rather than prep classes - which I think are a big waste of money. </p>

<p>If she is not good enough to be recruited for softball look for colleges with have club softball if she still would like to play in college.</p>

<p>I agree that a tutor is helpful, especially since you indicated that she was weakest in math. The tutor can help her pinpoint what she needs to work on & help teach her. Our D also struggled with math until she had been taught the concepts (since it hadn’t yet been taught to her in her math courses–as soon as she had been taught it, her math score soared).</p>

<p>It is great if you can tour over the summer & integrate it into a family vacation. That was what we did to see quite a few schools and areas at a time so the kids could visually see the difference between urban vs. rural settings and different regions of the country. Saved us all a lot in the fall.</p>