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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This forum may not be the best place to ask this in general but the HYPS crowd would the the right audience. Does anyone have a kid who "undershot" college? The highest of stats, incredible resume and really the ideal candidate, but who decided not to even apply for the ultra elite? Visited 3 ivys + stanford but DC isn't in to it. People are surprised. I see it as DC's choice but I do wonder if there will be regret one day.[/quote]

If your kid is as qualified as you suggest, I'd trust his or her judgment as to appropriate fit. There are many other high-quality colleges and institutions, and I'd be grateful that my kid was self-aware enough to know he or she didn't want to spend four years in a HYPS-like environment. [/quote]

My DC refused to tour, let alone apply, to HYPS. Applied to Columbia (similar admit rate, in fact lower admit rate than Princeton), got in, and was happy there. For a very short period, a tiny corner of me wondered “what if?” and then I saw how great Columbia was for DC and stopped thinking about it.

If your DC thinks another top school is a great fit, let him tell you why. Don’t let him undershoot by going to state-satellite-U if he could get a better education elsewhere. But the fact is, there are, what, 20, 30 or even 50 top universities that provide excellent educations and almost all (if not 100%) of the “status” of HYP. In the end, it’s not about status, it’s about fit.[/quote]

Thanks for your response. Not undershooting that far, but definitely walking from the highest opportunities. Interesting yours wouldn't tour HYPS but still stuck within ivy. I'd like to say it's about fit, and everyone talks about that, but seems hard to gauge to me. 
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