<p>At the end it works for everybody. When D. did not get into her #1 program, although she got into college with huge Merit package, she did not hesitated for a moment, not a sad 2 minutes, went to her #2 and very happy junior there. I am glad she was cool about it, not worth loosing sleep about it. Place that takes your kid, will appreciate him and give him the best opportunities, no reason to try hard to break thru locked door when so many are wide open. All those little things (like job or no job…) will look so unimportant.</p>