My older child was really into the process and had a list of schools started by the beginning of 10th grade and was very focused on what to do to get into these schools. My younger child is young for her grade and just isn’t as into the whole process but I would never pick a major for her or a school. She has been on many college tours with her sibling and from those tours formed some decisions on majors she likes and dislikes and schools she likes. Taking a lot of tours has helped both my kids really think about the future. We are going to take some additional tours just with her too in order to be sure she isn’t just following her siblings lead on liking and disliking. He really wants a medium to large size school and I think she would be happier in a small to medium so seeing a few smaller schools is definitely on our agenda so she can see if she sees herself fitting into that environment. She is considering an engineering major so we did set up a 1 day women in engineering program for her to attend at a good engineering school which she wasn’t super excited to attend but after came out with some definite opinions on engineering majors she thought she might like and those she could definitely eliminate. She is also considering going to medical school so it probably doesn’t matter that much which she chooses. If she loves it she’ll stick with it and if not perhaps medical school. She’ll figure it out when she’s ready.