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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First, take a deep breath, be grateful for how well your kid has done and realize it's all a crapshoot.
My nephew got into an Ivy this year ED with a 4.0 UW. He had a couple of state awards, a leadership position in a club and a part-time freelance job writing personal finance articles. He's a bright, charming guy, but did not kill himself during high school. His SAT was just below 1400 but he went test-optional. He had no hooks. Sometimes it works out.
My own kid had a higher SAT score but slightly lower GPA, and has done well in admissions but I know he won't get into an Ivy. I'm OK with that. He has a lot of skills and talent, and I'm not worried about his future. I'll be fine if he goes to College Park because it's well-regarded for his major. 
By the way, the research shows that strong students end up earning about the same no matter whether they go to a super-selective college or not. 
One paper said: "When we adjust for unobserved student ability by controlling for the average SAT score of the colleges that students applied to, our estimates of the return to college selectivity fall substantially and are generally [b]indistinguishable from zero." [/b] 
However, " There were notable exceptions for certain subgroups. For black and Hispanic students and for students who come from less-educated families (in terms of their parents' education), the estimates of the return to college selectivity remain large."
https://www.nber.org/papers/w17159[/quote]

Congrats to your nephew![/quote]

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