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<blockquote data-quote="ILL_INI" data-source="post: 1345179" data-attributes="member: 4851"><p>My oldest is a senior in high school, so I understand where you are at. I agree with Ransom, throw out the rankings and come up with your own. The question is, how do you limit the schools? My son's school has a portal to some website where you can pick various criteria and it will come up with various schools that match your criteria. It could also show the data points if any kids from his high school went there as far as grades/ACT scores so you can get an idea of the probability of getting accepted. (My wife did it with him, so I don't know all the specifics, but saw it demonstrated at a talk at the HS.) Your high school might have something similar.</p><p></p><p>I also agree with Jim. I went to a highly ranked engineering college, but now that I've gone on some campus tours, I wish I had at least looked at a smaller school. Lots to love about the UofI, and cost was a factor, but I think I would have enjoyed the academics better at a smaller school. (No offense to my ESL TAs.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ILL_INI, post: 1345179, member: 4851"] My oldest is a senior in high school, so I understand where you are at. I agree with Ransom, throw out the rankings and come up with your own. The question is, how do you limit the schools? My son's school has a portal to some website where you can pick various criteria and it will come up with various schools that match your criteria. It could also show the data points if any kids from his high school went there as far as grades/ACT scores so you can get an idea of the probability of getting accepted. (My wife did it with him, so I don't know all the specifics, but saw it demonstrated at a talk at the HS.) Your high school might have something similar. I also agree with Jim. I went to a highly ranked engineering college, but now that I've gone on some campus tours, I wish I had at least looked at a smaller school. Lots to love about the UofI, and cost was a factor, but I think I would have enjoyed the academics better at a smaller school. (No offense to my ESL TAs.) [/QUOTE]
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