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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Instagram doesn't tell much. Maybe the kid going to Georgetown really, really wanted to go to a top 20 liberal arts college but settled on Georgetown because that's there they got in.  Maybe they got in because that's where their parent works.

Maybe the kid going overseas really wanted to stay somewhere domestically but didn't get in.

Maybe the kid going to a small liberal arts college really wanted a large state school but didn't get in.

There can be a huge disconnect between the final result which may look good to an outside observer and what the kid really wanted.

(These above scenarios are all made up). [/quote]

I think all of the above is why the OP is asking (which might also be why you are giving these examples).

My DC from one of these schools fits into one of these categories for '23. They were not happy about it but are "settled in" at the school in which they landed and did not try to transfer. I know of many others that also found themselves in the categories above. Most of them are also settled in and learned to love the school that loved (accepted) them - I don't have info on whether anyone tried to transfer. [/quote]

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