Wow! I really take offense to the @CollegePathDavis that we have done something wrong in our college search and research which was so extensive my eyes were about the bleed and my legs were so cramped I almost needed a wheel chair. Now, granted he’s not been DENIED everywhere, but he has only been accepted to our state flagship thus far, 5 deferrals, 2 rejections, thus waiting to hear on 17 schools. Every single school he applied to he was at least at the 50th percentile for stats and many higher and some over 90th percentile. We visited. He wrote essay upon essay. Wrote every supplemental essay for his major that was offered. Sent supplements for his major. And on and on. What we may have done is believe the need-blind hype and/or the myth that need aware schools only factor need if you are a borderline student. These are likely lies. He has need and we believed that BS that abounds on the web that I previously noted. If he’s denied everywhere in the end besides UMASS that will be the reason ( as he’s not URM or from a rural area) not because we/he did not cast a wide net or research extensively.