@AustenNut - thank you for the UTK recommendation. I’ve added that to the list. I’m guessing he ends up liking it more than he likes VaTech. I heard that their OOS admissions went way down this year after upping the mandatory percentage of in-state students, but I’m thinking this is still a solid match or likely for him, which is the area of his list that I want to grow. I’m also hoping that if he does construction science here, the application to College of Agriculture makes him unique enough coming from Northern VA that it helps balance out that increased in-state requirement. (Although it he ends up liking this as much as I think he will, and it’s down to this or Clemson, am I then doomed to a lifetime of Orange Things? I hate orange…)
@VAParent2528 - I like Macalester a lot, he won’t. His high school is just under 3000 students (2800 maybe?) and he is ADAMANT that he wants something appreciably larger than that. I want to show him a small college, just so he gets the vibe, but it has to be more of a “hey, we’re here, let’s just check this out” rather than a “I want you to seriously consider this”. I’m going to try to get him to look at Washington & Lee since that’s not TOO far away and en route to one of his travel track meets.