<p>Please don’t get passionate about one school (UPenn). There are many schools at which your student can get a great education. The way of the “dream school” leads to perdition!</p>
<p>UPenn and other Ivies are extremely difficult to get into; acceptance rates are very low, making applying at these schools a crapshoot. Most of the students who are NOT accepted to these schools are top students, too.</p>
<p>Have your student find one or more schools that 1.) he is likely – based on admission percentages and state – to get into; 2.) you can afford; 3.) he would love to attend. The collective wisdom on these boards says that these schools are the MOST IMPORTANT schools to have on your list.</p>
<p>Dream schools are easy to find; it’s the others, the solid citizens of upper education, that are harder to identify.</p>