DS has gotten a lot of guidance from his club coach over the past 1+ year, including his coach having the kids out together lists of 20-30 schools that are within their academic range and in which they have SOME interest. (Apart from recruiting, I wouldn’t feel the need to consider nearly that many schools.) Beyond the obvious of casting a wide net for recruiting purposes, it’s been helpful in forcing us to look beyond the predictable LACs and beyond familiar geography. Some of those non-obvious schools rose to the top of the list once we visited. DS has had clear reactions to most of the schools we’ve visited.