<p>Well, when I was in high school, which was a feeder high school for the ivies back when dinosaurs still walked the earth in the large form, it was never baffling why someone got into the school. Their parents had gone there.</p>
<p>There was actually a huge break up in my friendship group when acceptances came out because one girl whose dad had gone to Harvard really wanted to go to Yale or maybe it was princeton? But the girl whose father had gone to Yale got in and the other one “had to” go to Harvard. </p>
<p>Other reasons were, you were ranked in the top 100 or so in the class. (big class.)</p>
<p>Now they only take 24 from this high school, on average, and still nobody is confused by who gets in, let alone “baffled.” </p>
<p>Carry on.</p>