February was all about shortening the list. He had a list of about 25 colleges that we thought he had a pretty good chance of getting into (see www.collegedata.com for a good questionaire that will give you a long list to start with) and needed to shorten it.

We came up with several decision factors a couple of weeks ago (took about 10 mins). And in less than 20 minutes this past weekend, we shortened his list from 25 to 8, then added a couple of different schools in.

Next step—HE gets to take some virtual tours and decide on 2 or 3 schools to do college visits. With the SAT coming up within 2 weeks, I’m kind of expecting him to use this as an excuse not to study. Fortunately, there are 2 more test dates after this, if necessary.