<p>Take a 2-3 day road trip this fall or next spring to a cluster of schools (4-5) that offer diversity of size, urban v rural, private v public to get your son thinking about what he wants in a school. Since you’re in PA, some of the logical trips are DC/MD/VA or Philly/DL/So NJ or NY State. After he comes away with some basic ideas of what he wants, use the collegeboard screening tool to come up with names and dive deeper into those. He should also see what his GC might recommend, as a B+ average at a school might be viewed more favorably by AdComs that know the school well.</p>
<p>PS - realize that the schools your son loves early in Jr year may not even appear on the radar screen the fall of Sr year.</p>