<p>I think xiggi and others may be right that this family does not want to consider those “middle” schools (I realize we are using this term from their POV - as we are guessing it - not our POV) like Vanderbilt, Tulane, etc. etc.</p>
<p>The question they need to address is this: if the only acceptance that is affordable to them is OSU… will those now-discounted “middle” schools begin to look better to the parents? Because if that happens in April, it will be too late.</p>
<p>The second question is: how do those “middle” schools look to the student in comparison to OSU? Because if they already look better to him than they do to his parents, or they will look better to him if he doesn’t get the desired results from HYPSSM et al… then now is the time to put one or more on his list.</p>