<p>I have mentored a young man at Wesleyan for several years (he is transferring to Columbia in the fall - his own Obama connection, I guess). His younger brother really, really wanted to go to Occidental next fall. He was waitlisted, though - don’t know if he might have been accepted another year, but he didn’t get in this year. I really think the Obama connection was what interested him. He is going to another school that I personally feel will be better for him - but I do understand why he wanted to go where the president went.</p>