<p>^It’s also possible that they were smart enough to realize that they will have difficulty competing with the rest of us and attended lower ranked institutions. I would not want my son or daughter to go to Princeton if I knew he or she would not be able to get a good enough GPA at Princeton to follow their dreams. </p>
<p>If you think no one comes to Princeton and gets their dreams crushed, I would have to disagree. I have friends who talk about having their dreams crushed because of the difficulty here.</p>