Help with school list! (what to do when kid has no preferences...)

catznpigz
Tue, 11 Sep 2018 22:08:28 +0000

@junior92, I would gently suggest that you rethink the colleges you are considering “less difficult”…they may be less difficult that your “hardest” category, but all of them are way long shots. I would definitely add in some “never heard of them” schools (regional state universities around you if they have programs, less known private schools, etc.). Then see how the auditions/offers go.

My daughter was not really engaged with selecting schools, either. Honestly, she thought all of them would be “fine,” and she was probably right. I pretty much composed the list and asked her to knock it down to 13, which she did.

After visiting several of them for auditions she got a better idea of where she would feel comfortable (small supportive program in big, diverse university; didn’t “feel like high school;” didn’t have a rich kid/elite vibe.) Those choices would be very personal for each student! Luckily she got an offer from the school she felt most comfortable at.