<p>The inclusion of Stanford on the “settle for” list was purely for your benefit. Personally, I’d go to Stanford over Harvard too.</p>
<p>My daughter, on the other hand, turned down Stanford and Yale for MIT (no interest in Harvard), so everyone has their own perspective I guess. Perhaps if she hadn’t gotten sick and missed the Stanford Admitted Student Weekend - I’ve still got her non-refundable plane ticket - she might be planning a September departure to Palo Alto.</p>