<p>^^of course they want those students too. In fact, they will make up the majority of the students enrolled. There are only so many star quarterbacks or rich and famous kids to go around. The trouble is for the rest of us is that there is a large surplus of unhooked but "extroverted, witty, intellectually curious, talented kids as well as some obsessed with some of the more obscure academic areas their famous professors like to explore." So for the rest of us, admissions is much less of a sure thing than it is for kid with a major hook.</p>