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So maybe he slipped through the admissions cracks (or the OP isn't telling us about something important, like a criminal record/bad essays). I still refuse to believe this happens regularly at anywhere near justifying concern.
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Agreed about the regularly part. This kind of outcome is obviously an outlier. The problem is when it's your kid who's the outlier with no acceptance they can commit to in their hearts and when you know it's partly your fault for a less than intelligent list they applied to.</p>