I just looked at your other thread. He is home schooled, and has a chance at being NMF…keep on top of that because that will open up some doors financially.
Lots of good suggestions on that thread, and some that would come in at your price point.
We are struggling to make even an initial list of colleges for S24. The main problem is that he doesn’t have any strong opinions about anything that is easy to sort colleges by. For most things he has a small preference, but would be willing to forgo it for a school that was a good fit in other ways or that he was excited about.
Size: No strong preference, might prefer medium-ish (5,000-8,000 undergrads) BUT
Major: undecided, with interests varying greatly, so a bigger school might have more flexibility on major choices; likes interdisciplinary majors (CS + linguistics; Data Science + psychology; Industrial engineering?)
Location: closer to home (central MA) is better, but willing to go farther. Considers 0-3 hours ideal (MA, CT, RI), 3-5 okay (eastern NY, Philadelphia area, rest of New England), 5+ less attractive but possible, west coast would have to be something absolutely amazing to consider
Setting: Least excited about very urban (didn’t love BU, but thought Northeastern was …
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