Absolutely, we gave our kids restrictions. First was that the college had to have merit scholarships, since we don’t qualify for FA and refuse to pay 70k a year for college. Any college with no merit possibilities was excluded from consideration. Second, we live in New England with hundreds of colleges in the New England and New York areas to choose from, so we kept them to a regional area of 2.5 hours driving distance. For health and convenience purposes, it was important for us to keep them within driving distance.