Is she an upcoming Junior then, at age “almost 17?” This sounds similar to my son’s timeline. Starting Junior year, he was realizing that he should start thinking about college and areas to study. He did not (and does not still, as an almost-college freshman) have a certain job that he wants, but over time first semester Jr. HS year, he decided maybe Psychology or Political Science…two majors that every college has. I asked him to start thinking about what kind of school he might want, in terms of big/small, urban/suburban, location, etc. We found a super simple and helpful quiz of this nature, takes 5 minutes, on Forbes I think. We started to make some exploratory casual visits to nearby schools so he could get a feel for campuses…a small Jesuit school in our state where my dad went, and he went to a college fair at another local campus, and we’re next to the huge state flagship. Slowly, he started narrowing down on location and size, and he did some looking into Psych careers and settled on that (for now). We both realized by then that an LAC or other school that allows for exploration would be best for him, so now we had some more general things to start our searches with in terms of size, and he clarified some locations, and I was always looking for close faculty student relationships and strong advising. The process of clarifying wants, and creating and narrowing lists, was slow and gradual, but it happened in time for us to eventually do several visits over Jr. year spring break, by then it was seeming real and he was able to articulate what he liked and didn’t like. Our entire search was focused on fit and not on anything program specific. So anyway, this son who at the beginning of Junior year, had no reply to “where do you want to go? or what do you want to study?” …he “got there” over time to have a well balanced list, apply EA, and in the end chose a school that we both believe is the perfect fit for him, one where there is strong advising, a size that will allow him to have close relationships with faculty, and one where he can explore and hopefully discover his true passion that leads him to a successful and fulfilling career, whatever it may be.