good forums for college search?

<p>Dear all - </p>

<p>I don’t want to gunk up (technical term) the prep school forum with college search issues, but on the other hand, you are the people I know and trust - has any one spent time on the college section of the forum and found any good areas for “folks like us”. </p>

<p>Looking for: I’m struggling with this, and that’s a bad thing, because I have to write something clear and intelligent by Nov 15th for my daughter’s college counseling office - </p>

<p>medium size, strong writing and arts, inclusive music, wide range of recreational sports, and a place where you don’t have to be good at science and math but they expect you to do it any how…any names come to mind? </p>

<p>regards to all - and thanks for any good leads!</p>

<p>St. Olaf College in Minnesota?</p>

<p>There are so many schools that could fit that description. It also depends alot on GPA and test scores to give a range of possible. Beyond size think about urban or rural, core/distribution requirements or not, geograpic part of the country, etc. </p>

<p>Check out the parents forum, particularly the threads for your DCs graduation. They become real communities and can be very helpful.</p>

<p>Right–I meant that maybe a search for St. Olaf on CC might get you to a useful forum. If it were me, I’d start with the names of a few colleges I liked, and see what rabbit trails they took me down…</p>

<p>St. Olaf’s sounds like a great start for a search - always had a soft spot for them - a friend from high school went there, and I have always thought of them as a place with something intriguing.</p>

<p>St. O reminds me of St. John’s in Annapolis/NM. Although it is small. Check it out.</p>

<p>I just bumped up this thread: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-parents/1112941-bs-parents-guide-college-admissions.html?highlight=college[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-parents/1112941-bs-parents-guide-college-admissions.html?highlight=college&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;