Sometimes, the decision-making process feels relatively simple—choosing the just-right suit for a presentation at work, helping your church committee choose between two Vacation Bible School curriculums, figuring out when to take your annual family vacation.

Other times, choices feel a little more involved: How to provide the best care for an aging parent. Figuring out how to balance the needs of different age groups at your church. And another big one: Helping your son or daughter choose the right Christian college for them.

There are so many good Christian colleges to choose from. Where do you start? Where do you stop? How do you balance your need to participate in this decision with your child's need to make this decision his or her own? These are the kinds of questions we seek to answer in this section on Choosing a College, to help you and your student find your way. You'll find out what major factors you should weigh and where to get started. You'll learn how to plan a productive campus visit. You'll hear tips from current college students on what their parents did right.

We hope that the help you'll find in this section makes that big choice a manageable one.

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