If my son were selected into an Ivy he will have to do the same thing, the news will be: “Hispanic son of Single Mom chooses Umass over Ivy”. I told him do not even bother applying because we will get $15 or 20K in $ help to pay $65,000 tuition and your sister is going to college in 2 years, let’s avoid temptation. Honestly, at the end of the day if one is a lousy professional no brand name school will save you… good for him!