He did like Oregon State when we visited, but I think it’s fallen on his rankings the longer it’s been since we visited. And he definitely liked Oregon more so OSU is a little overshadowed.
I do think the SDSU and UCSB vibes add to his liking them. I just wrote a separate reply on a semi-brief breakdown of what he wants in a school. And those big, known universities fit the bill. He plays a lot of sports, but he’s not a nature-first, wanting to spend time in the woods/pastures kid at this point. We’ve yet to visit any of the northern CA schools, so he doesn’t have any first hand knowledge of those. A friend of his goes to Davis and I know it’s a great university, but that’s all he knows. I also think that the inland schools of Davis, Merced, Fresno St. automatically have a mark against them.
I think bottom line is that with his stats, he doesn’t get to choose from every school out there and decide that he wants to go there. So of the ones that he may have a shot of getting into, he/we need to weigh the pros/cons of each one because none of them are going to be “exactly” what he thinks he wants.
Thanks for the reply.