<p>^ Haha…Kyle got into Stanford.</p>
<p>To UCBChemEgrad: I am sure you are correct about EECS majors not being potheads. However, all kinds of kids are going to be in the dorms. I would not want my son to have to worry about potential poor fit in the dorms.</p>
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<p>Agree.</p>
<p>But, what happened here?
[ACM</a> - Pacific Region Programming Contest](<a href=“http://www.acmicpc-pacnw.org/]ACM”>http://www.acmicpc-pacnw.org/)</p>
<p>Congratulations about Kyle going to Stanford! Great news! What do you think was the extra special qualities which gave him the prized Stanford acceptance, if you don’t mind sharing?</p>
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<p>Schools other than Ivies send likely letters/emails. Some of the top engineering schools are public. Their likely letters tend to be far more subtly worded than the Ivies’ likely letters.</p>