<p>A colleague of mine was raving about how accomplished his HS junior daughter was, and how high her SAT score was and how she is getting mailngs from top level schools. He was encouraging her to apply for an Ivy. I told him my son’s story (class of 2009, rejected/waitlisted at all reach schools such as UMich, Duke, UVa but honors at all schools he was accepted to.)</p>
<p>He was surprised at my son’s story given my son’s scores and grades- his daughter’s scores are lower than my son’s. He went to a state school and thought his daughter would do better. Conclusion: I think some of the answer is that people are fooled by marketing campaigns and don’t really investigate. Plus they want to live through their kids, as said earlier.</p>