Thanks, @wisteria100. He really liked Amherst when we looked at it online. Bowdoin, not at all. I guess website design is as a good a criteria as any for narrowing a list… Will check out that book.
@merc81 yes, half of those schools are on his radar. But agree, all very selective, which is the challenge.
@warblersrule That’s a good list, with a few we hadn’t considered. I don’t think he knows what kind of math interests him most. It might edge more toward applied math.
@tkoparent I think he’s turned off by big rah rah sports schools, which might not apply to LACs. He’s a club sport, 4 year Varsity athlete himself, but without stats or desire to play in college beyond club or intramural. But perhaps there are less options for this at a school with lots of Varsity athletes?
So he tells me, green is non-negotiable, water he can’t see across, less so. Preferably within a couple of hours. Yes, a large enough lake might count
Stats might be useful here:
36C ACT, 4.0 UW for now, small independent school, no APs offered. Varied ECs including research, prestigious summer program. He has varied and well developed hobbies/interests. Stellar programming skills. Minimal volunteering.
We can pay up to about 35-40K preferably less, preferably without loans. NPCs tend to reflect this.
We are also looking at larger schools with residential college systems, or honors colleges that would “shrink” a campus.
We live in a place kind of stuck in a time warp, in good and bad ways. But the kids here are mostly nice, open minded, and truly grounded. I think that’s important to him.
