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[quote=Anonymous]If that was for International Affairs, don't worry, those majors at those schools are all ranked top 10. My kid got into GW for international affairs. Also ranked top 10. No one is sweating it, or feeling any sense of inferiority, despite the fact he was reject from supposedly more prestigious schools, because we're so happy that he's happy. Merit aid also helps.

Please don't compare generations, OP. College admissions have gotten SIGNIFICANTLY MORE SELECTIVE. My Ivy-attending friends do not expect - after some research and agonizing! - that their kids will get into the same schools they did. The one whose child did get in was accepted at the same Ivy, so probably a little alumni status played into it. The kid is of course highly qualified as well.

The best you can do is give your child every educational opportunity, and try to develop their work ethic, so that you have no regrets about your own parenting. The rest is up to the student, and also a strange game that US colleges like to torture families with. Nowhere else in the world is there such a weird emphasis on non-academic skills, in terms of looking at athletics and other extra-curriculars. It makes the application and waiting period a lot more stressful than in other countries.

Good luck!

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