<p>I don’t post often but feel compelled after all the trolling by Sammy35. My son was an exceptionally motivated high school student who graduated in 2011 with a 2400 SAT (in one sitting) and a 4.0 GPA, along with very distinct extracurriculars. He was accepted at every school he applied to including early action at Yale, and regular admission at Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Vanderbilt, Duke and Georgia Tech. He attended admitted students days at Harvard, Yale and Princeton. He chose Princeton for one simple reason, he felt it offered the best undergraduate education in the country. After finishing his first year at Princeton, he feels even more convinced of that. He has been challenged and motivated by some of the best professors in the country. This is to take nothing away from the amazing education that is offered by the other schools he was admitted to. It was very difficult for him to turn down Harvard and Yale, but he felt strongly Princeton was the right place for him. He has friends at Princeton who also turned down Harvard, Stanford and Yale to attend Princeton. I’m sure there are many students at Harvard who turned down Princeton and on and on. It really doesn’t matter what the surveys or research shows, the only opinion that matters for each student is where they feel like they will get the best education and have the most rewarding experience.</p>