<p>To Higgins, if your son is in love with this school and really wants to go there, then I would actually talk to admissions about what the rep said, and assure them that it is his first choice.
If it is one of several favorites, visit and stay in touch to show interest at least.
If it is just a back-up, then it really doesn’t matter for your son, but it also makes the rep’s comment more understandable.</p>
<p>These days, so many students apply to so many schools, I can’t imagine the wasted time and effort spent by adcoms, reading, discussing, advocating for certain applicants, only to find that the applicant picked a different school out of the 20 schools applied to.</p>
<p>p.s. a school that is LD friendly can make a huge difference in a student’s (and parent’s) life: we are finding that out, in a positive way, this year with one of our kids…</p>