Thanks for all the help, everyone! @compmom, I think your suggestion is exactly what we’re gravitating towards. And I have a bone-deep empathy for the fret-til-the-deadline drama it sounds like you went through with your daughter! I’ve already been down this college selection road once with my eldest, and I think she finally had her moment of clarity on April 29th, after being pretty much a total wreck that final week.
Do you mind my asking where your daughter ended up? Sounds like she was at least considering LAC’s if she was sending letters to the likes of Middlebury.