<p>Let your child become the “expert”. They have to attend the college ultimately and live with the decision. My son grew up a lot through this process. He was disinterested at first; he said “you’re just going to pick the school anyway”. Wrong. When he figured out we were expecting him to make this decision, he got a lot more engaged. This process became an important period of self discovery. Micromanaging the process for the student I think can be a disservice.</p>