I was thinking about you, OP, while we trekked to UT last night.
I had two thoughts:
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do visit the Texas schools. I bet your son has been to UT since he has an older brother there, but has he had a visit to imagine himself there? I have a kid there and am struck every time I go by how great it is. With his grades and scores, your son could potentially be a Dean’s Scholar or Health Science Scholar. And UT has so many opportunities for intramural and club sports, music, etc.
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So it sounds like he is developing an East Coast list of places to visit. He could see some Boston area and NY area schools and see what he thinks. We did this with my very undecided kids. We hit the East Coast and saw MIT, Tufts, Northeastern, UPenn, NYU, Columbia, and Brandeis. Seeing a variety of schools with different campus vibes helped son2 decide what he liked. The big surprise was he did NOT like large, highly urban campuses with a core curriculum and he DID like small liberal arts colleges. We ended up making a second swing through the Midwest to see smaller schools.
Good luck! It is an exciting time.