<p>i’ve seen some odd results too. Young man rejected from Swarthmore, his first choice school but accepted at Amherst,Williams, Princeton and Columbia. And he really wanted to go to Swarthmore for a number of pretty good reasons. A Siemans Westinghouse finalist deferred at Cornell while another kid with similar stats, but not as selective accepted. I’ve known several turned down at Macalester, Carleton, and another school out there–the name escapes me, and accepted at more selective LACs in the NE. You would have thought the opposite would have happened,given geographic issues.</p>