The big surprise: the school we were most confident about (example: when athletic coach joined in at interview, he strongly hinted child would be working out with him following year, perfect fit school, SSATs 30 points above school average, wonderful interview) was a waitlist.
Small surprise: two very competitive schools on our list - one accept, one reject (accept had child’s sport, reject did not). Accept was our small surprise.
The somewhat expected: two schools with very good match for main EC, both accepts. The roll the dice: one school with no perfect match in EC/sport/scores (child’s scores too high) but great match to kid’s personality & goals (and to our family’s outlook): that school was an accept.
Good surprises: the 4 accepts had more generous FA than we thought might be awarded, with one so generous I got lightheaded.