<p>There are between 3,000-4,000 American colleges; you’ll eventually have to develop some criteria to narrow down your choices. But for now, I’d just focus on getting all you can out of HS.</p>
<p>freshman year is way too early to decide what colleges you’re interested in; your interests will change a lot over the next year or so, so just focus on school right now and start considering what kinds of schools you might like sophomore year.</p>