<p>My son refused to choose a <em>single</em> second-favorite school - he had four of them. One of the four was truly lovely, in almost every way - it was the number-one cheapest school for us because they stacked merit aid on top of need-based aid, close to home, great programs, etc. The one way it wasn’t lovely was that they didn’t have much of a major for S (other than that, Mrs. Lincoln…). I was SO glad when he was accepted to his first choice and we didn’t have to deal with the fight, because I’m pretty sure that was his “real” second choice.</p>