<p>@arcticmonkeys This year has just been a very difficult year for college admissions to every single top 30 school in the country. Those 4 people I was referring to all have above 2300’s on their SAT’s, perfect 4.0 GPA’s and outstanding EC’s including state and national awards. To be honest however they did play the Ivy League or bust game and they went bust, they made the drastic mistake of counting Duke as their match/safety. Never the less, each one of them were heartbroken yet they are making the most of where they are going. I do apologize if I came across a little aggressively, I just hate seeing seniors who have excellent opportunities complaining that they got rejected from schools that have less than 10% acceptance rates. It could be a lot worse, you could be going to a state school or community college.</p>