transientChris
05-22-2009, 04:16 PM
I am trying to help my middle start whittling down colleges. I think that she is wavering between law, psychology as in experimental, and political science. I am not really certain where her scores will end up because her 10th grade PSAT when she had a migraine was okay (math) to very good (writing) but certainly lower than her brother's who ended up a commended scholar and would have been a finalist if we had not moved to Europe. She will be testing in VA and I don't expect her to do as well but she has totally surprised me at times since she is such a tenacious student.
She hasn't been able to articulate much about what kind of college she wants other than she wants a significant portion of students wanting to learn and she wants a school with less pressure applied to students. (She applies so much to herself that she doesn't need or appreciate tons more put on her). I really don't know how to look for this. Any ideas? We don't have any idea where we will be living in 2 1/2 years when she goes to college so we don't have preferences based on area.
She hasn't been able to articulate much about what kind of college she wants other than she wants a significant portion of students wanting to learn and she wants a school with less pressure applied to students. (She applies so much to herself that she doesn't need or appreciate tons more put on her). I really don't know how to look for this. Any ideas? We don't have any idea where we will be living in 2 1/2 years when she goes to college so we don't have preferences based on area.