Ninth grade is far too early to look at schools and their admission stats. Worse, this is backwards. Focus on your child, not the colleges. Forget getting college names, class sizes, class schedules, stats versus holistic admissions. It’s too early for that level of detail.
When your daughter is older, make a list based on her grades, test scores, activities and interests. Please let those things happen first. Enjoy watching her grow as a teenager and high school student. Support her interests and activities as they happen but don’t force or even “strongly encourage” her into ECs because they look good on college apps. That’s not fair to her or the kids who actually are interested. If she doesn’t want to do robotics, that’s fine.
Many here say kids change a lot between the fall and spring of senior year alone. How can you not expect changes between her freshman and senior years?
Right now, as a parent, I would focus on college costs. In four years, those private colleges likely will cost $70,000-$75,000 a year, including tuition, fees, room and board. I’m trying to figure out how to pay for a college freshman and save for a middle schooler (I’m projecting a COA of >$75,000 a year by the time he’s ready to apply).