Deciding Reach Schools

M_s_Mom
Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:40:54 +0000

There are many schools that would be glad to have you but you need to be more specific about what you want:

1) size of school (small liberal arts college, large public university, etc…)
2) location (what part of the country, how far from home, specifics related to weather or geographic features
3) academic areas of interest (what do you plan to study, career goals)
4) how much can you afford? do you need financial aid? merit aid?
5) culture (jock, preppy, artsy, quirky, intellectual, granola, hip, etc…)
6) deal-breakers (religious, single sex, frats, etc…)

Once we have this info, we can give you suggestions that are likely to be a better fit.