<p>Grover12, I’m sorry this is so upsetting to you. We are considering Brown as a “throw-away” application because it’s emotionally easier to see it as that. My daughter loves this school. She’s going to send in the best application she can. But, she’s practical and we encourage her to be that way. If she puts all her dreams on this one school that is SO hard to get into, then she won’t give any other, more likely school, a real chance. </p>
<p>People are different. It might be in YOUR best interest to go into this sort of situation with total confidence. It’s not in our daughter’s best interest. </p>
<p>Like I said in the rest of the message I posted, I’m all for kids taking a chance. We all should throw ourselves out there once in awhile. I’m also for having a practical, more realistic attitude about it too.</p>