<p>I had no idea this type of forum existed. I discovered it on March 27 when my daughter was accepted to Brown and I was reading the thread on the Brown Board and recognized my daughters post on the regular decision thread! </p>
<p>Here is a repeat of one of my posts.</p>
<p>Because my husband is a professor at our state university, it was the only school my 4 children were allowed to consider when growing up…although, unbeknownst to me, my one daughter had a different idea about this. When she was in 8th or 9th grade she (and her close friends) found this website (College Confidential) and started preparing for an ivy league path. They followed all of the suggestions found on this forum ie taking ap classes, applying for summer internships, loading up on extra curricular activities that they were passionate about etc. In the end we allowed her to apply to a few of her top choices with the hope that if accepted she would receive financial aid. She and her 3 friends were all accepted by at least one Ivy. </p>
<p>I’m sure it’s a personality trait of the best and brightest.</p>