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[quote=Anonymous]DD applied ED to her first choice school.  We are very supportive of her well decision and cautiously optimistic.  The problem is my in-laws who live in a nearby suburb and whom we see at least twice a month.  On one of our recent visits, they told me (but not in front of DD or DH) how upset they were when they heard DD applied to X school rather than an "Ivy League" school.  They are immigrants and don't get that Ivy is a sports league.

I told them that X is a wonderful school and that all of these top schools are darn near impossible to get into these days (I previously told them that a lot of these top schools reject 90-95% of applicants now so they are darn near impossible to get in).

In-laws are in their 80s so there's no changing who they are and due to a language barrier (and general exasperation talking to them about anything), it's hard to explain all of the nuances of holistic admissions, institutional priorities, geographic diversity, etc.

Anyway, we are hearing back from the ED school this week.  Any advice on how to not care about the in-laws' reaction?
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