Hello, all. I've been a lurker for over two years now and have used your amazing advice to support my middle child during his college quest. He is happily settling into his sophomore year at college and doing well. His search was easy; he knew his area of focus and we were able to narrow our search with top schools with research capabilities. I am grateful for the help of this site!
I'm now starting the college search for youngest daughter, who is a junior this year. The struggle is that she has no idea what she wants to do other than that she wants to attend a good college. She is an excellent writer, loves reading, puzzles and solving problems. She does well in biology but didn't like chemistry. She struggles in math and does not enjoy math classes. She is considering something in publishing/editing or becoming a high school counselor but these are not set in stone either.
She has a weighted 4.0 GPA and earned an 1130 on the "new" PSAT 10. She's in the top 8% of her graduating class. Her reading and writing score was a 610 with her math earning a 520. She knows she needs to raise the math score to be more competitive and we are working through Khan Academy to improve her score before taking the SAT later this year. She will take the ACT to see if she has a better score on this test. She is taking college prep courses at her high school and will have AP Biology this year, AP Lit and APUSH next year.
She is a lifelong learner and enjoys learning for learning's sake. She wants to attend a smaller college or university and at this point we are steering her towards liberal arts colleges/universities where she can take classes in a variety of areas and find something that may click for her. She is not a partier nor is she interested in athletics. She is a competitive dancer and loves to organize things - closets, pantries, clothing, planners. We have looked over the Colleges That Change Lives list and will visit several after she narrows the list down a bit. She does suffer from anxiety which is now under good control but it does flare on occasion. She does not want to be more than 5-6 hours from home. We live in Michigan.
Do any of you know of any aptitude assessments she could take that would help her find her focus? She gets anxious about not knowing what she wants to do even though her father and I tell her lots of people attending college have no idea either. She rates herself on her older siblings - who both knew what they wanted to do for years.
I welcome any suggestions as we move through this exciting quest. I am confident we will find the right fit and know that we have time.
I hope I posted this in the correct section of the forum.
Thank you!
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