Samantha - a senior already!?

Hard to believe, but Samantha will be starting her Senior year, and you know what that means...college!!  She has been talking (and ready) about colleges before she even started high school, so the time has finally arrived.  We started the search last summer with a trip to the DC area - looked at Georgetown (not impressed), Catholic University (nice) and Johns Hopkins (beautiful).  Also looked at Fordham (one of her top choices).  This summer we have visited: Vassar (another top choice), Marist (not for her), Siena (nothing special), Yale (her #1 choice), Harvard (did not like), Stony Brook (nice, but too big), Dartmouth (another top choice) and Stonehill (nice).  There are a few other schools that she will apply to, but won't visit, unless she needs to.  So, we shall see.  She is applying to Yale early action, so keep your fingers crossed that she does well on her SAT and ACT exams.  All coming up in Sept/Oct/Nov.  The next 8 months will be quite a ride!!!