<p>Wow - lots of great suggestions from everyone. Thanks! You’ve all given me (and DS) lots to think about.</p>
<p>tk21769 - I wish I could say that with my S’s brilliant mind he was ambitious, but unfortunately, that’s not the case. Sometimes I want to shake that boy because he’s so full of potential, but he can be lazy. I’m hoping it’s just a teenage thing and once he finds his passion, he’ll get a little more energy!</p>
<p>I will definitely look into WPI. My cousins visited there, and they liked it. I don’t see him getting on a plane and flying halfway across the country, however, so some of the really good schools out west are not on our list.</p>
<p>compmom - we drove around Tufts, but didn’t take a tour there. Do they have a good town around there? DS is looking for somewhere he can hang out off campus sometimes like at Brown and Princeton. He didn’t like Dartmouth or JHU because of the red brick buildings (I’m not kidding), among other things. He said JHU reminded him of Harvard, which suprisingly, he also didn’t like. I loved all of them. Brandeis and Wesleyan were also crossed off because of their towns.</p>
<p>No one’s mentioned Case Western. Do you think that’s a good option as well? DS liked it but liked CMU better. They seem to be putting a lot of money into some liberal arts programs. I also want him to check out Cornell and U of Roch.</p>