<p>preine: that’s one avenue to explore – but it’s limited. The same Princeton student may have been rejected at Duke or Williams or Harvard or Penn but accepted at PTon and Yale and UVA (this is no knock on decillion – who I believe was an active contributor to the site when he/she was applying)</p>
<p>There’s a wealth of admissions advice on this site (except for the insanely stupid “Chance Me” forum) from recent grads, parents and alumni volunteers. Asking a 19 YO what got her in may not be very useful. </p>
<p>Search this forum (and other fora of selective colleges) to answer specific questions you may have.</p>