你应该开始和你的孩子讨论这封信和你孩子的需求, 的优势, 以及在学术领域的兴趣, 运动, 还有课外活动和社会活动. 你应该研究一下大小的利弊(大的和小的). 媒介对. 小),位置和环境(农村vs. 城市), enrollment (coed or single sex); you should look into the desirability of specific programs or areas of instruction.
不幸的是, it is not possible to say 总的来说 which schools belong in each of these three categories; the answer to this question will be different for every applicant. 我可以在一定程度上提供, 根据你的记录和成绩单,至少对你被任何一所给定学校录取的概率有一个想法. 在你九年级的秋天,我会更清楚地知道你在某些学校的机会, 特别是在第一个阅卷期结束后.
More and more people are asking this question each year; most schools are working every year to increase the size of their financial aid budgets, 有需要的人可以得到钱.