In one of the very first colleges we visited, DS absolute loved one of the schools which was intended as a safety school. Now he basically just dials it in when I bring him to see more schools. I am looking for advice on getting him to consider more options before making up his mind. Here is a longer version of events:
The first school visited was my alma mater, which would have been a good match. Unfortunately, the visit was absolutely horrible. I won't go into details here except to say that the visit was not representative of the school I attended and based on that visit I wouldn't have gone there either.
The second visit was to a small, liberal arts school which I thought would not be a good match, but we went so that he could see differences in school size/location/focus.
On the third visit we went to an open house at the safety school and he absolutely loved it. Now don't get me wrong -- I think have a safety school you would go to would be a good thing, but among other things I am concerned about job/grad school prospects after graduation. Now some stats: the school's 25th-75th SAT range tops out at around 1950. DS scored 2240 with a math 800 (GPA 3.75/4.0 UW). In the major he seems to like, his APs in Calc and Physics would not carry over, because the program does require Calc or Physics to graduate.
Since that visit we have done four more visits -- one reach, two sort of matches, and another safety. But I can tell he is only doing the visits because I dragged him to them.
So if this were your child, what would you do? Keep dragging him to more visits? Show job placement stats? Or is it me that needs to change and just trust that he is smart enough to make a good decision on his own? Please advise.
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