<p>This page is the best!</p>
<p>S has decided to do the following:</p>
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<li><p>Send off a letter to his favorite wait list school about how great a fit they are for him, just so he can know he's done everything he can (no, S does not go to a prestigious private school - our school has rotated counselors 3 times this year alone, so counselor doesn't know S at all - nor would school be able to apply the kind of pressure an elite private school could and would apply).</p></li>
<li><p>Forget about the waitlist after that. </p></li>
<li><p>Love the one he's with.</p></li>
<li><p>If he does hit the lottery, I'm sure he'll either find a way to be happy switching or find a way to be happy saying to the waitlist school,"Too late - you don't know what you could have had!"</p></li>
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