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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One thing I don't get about this story is why his only choices were Ivies + Stanford or Alabama. There are schools in between that would probably throw him money to come (seeing as he has the credentials to get into all these selective schools). Why didn't he apply to schools like Tulane or USC that would probably give him a full ride and are quite a step up from Alabama? [/quote]

He did in between including Vanderbilt and Wash U. If you read they gave full ride and selective honors. I bet the others gave generously but something about that selective honors was what he wanted. [/quote]

Vanderbilt and Wash U are practically Ivies when it comes to selectivity, that's barely in-between. [/quote]

I mean seriously. You are a loon. Check the acceptance rates. [/quote]

Who's a loon?

Ivies: 
US News ranking range from 16 (Brown) to 1 (Princeton)
Acceptance rates range from 14% (Cornell) to 5% (Harvard)
25th - 75th Percentile SATs range from 1350-1500 (Cornell) to 1410-1600 (Princeton)

Vanderbilt:
US News ranking is 16 (in Ivy Range)
Acceptance rate is 13% (in Ivy Range)
25th - 75th Percentile SATs are 1430-1580 (in Ivy Range)

Wash U:
US News ranking is 14 (in Ivy Range)
Acceptance rate is 15% (1 percentage point below Ivies)
25th - 75th Percentile SATs are 1420-1560 (in Ivy Range)

-VERY VERY BIG GAP WITH MANY WONDERFUL SCHOOLS THAT WOULD BEND OVER BACKWARDS TO GET THIS KID-

Alabama:
US News ranking is 88 (72 spots below Ivies)
Acceptance rate is 57% (43 percentage points below Ivies)
25th - 75th Percentile SATs are 990-1250 (About 300 points, or over 1 standard deviation, below Ivies)[/quote]

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