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It seems like my deal would be 
1.  Apply to Princeton and anywhere else that you want but go wherever you want.  
2.  Not discuss college at all for the next 4-5 months.  
 [/quote]

This makes complete sense to me. Princeton may not even admit him—multiple generations of grads (and I’m one for a different Ivy) doesn’t give the same admissions boost as one parent who made a major donation. Meanwhile he chooses all the other schools and makes the final choice.

There was another thread on here recently by a kid whose parents were making him/her apply to some college s/he didn’t want. In the end, it’s the student’s four years, not yours.

Where does he want to go instead? Some other Ivy? As long as it’s not Full Sail University, or somewhere really beneath his abilities, it’s hard to make a compelling argument for a single college. I know a girl whose parents both went to Duke and they’re furious at her for going to a top Ivy instead. My XDH announced his refusal to pay for DC’s top Ivy a month after DC got in ED (he said he “doesn’t believe in Ivies) but he also said he’d be willing pay $55,000 for an out-of-state public like Berkeley, UCLA or Michigan instead (shame he didn’t mention his antipathy when he came along on the college tour, or when she was putting together her ED application, which he absolutely knew about). OP, can you see how ridiculous these things can look to an outsider?[/quote]

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