In the broader scheme of things, I’m personally not very disappointed.
Things have worked out pretty much as expected for us (that too where we weren’t much aware of the admissions game until after applying.)
DD so far got accepted into every school where her GPA and test scores were closer/over their published 75 percentile.
Got rejected by NYU Stern (as expected). Deferred by Michigan Ross (as expected).
Deferred by UW Madison (this wasn’t expected, but pretty positive will come through in RD).
Our only disappointment has been Kelley, where I personally felt DD has stats better than most that they enroll, and now pretty certain she won’t get a direct admit, even with this so called “female” hook, that she doesn’t even need.
One can always argue why only expect admit where your stats are closer to the 75 percentile—it’s frustrating, but that’s what DD’s HS counselor offered as a general advise to her.