<p>What I don’t understand is why the OP (clearly PoIH) is asking such a dumb question. If your daughter wants to go to MIT, why on earth would you apply to any Ivies? MIT is the best (with Caltech…Oh, she got into that one too!) in its field. If she wants to apply to Ivies so badly, why didn’t she just apply ED to one or SCEA to Yale, given that you’re so clearly focused on prestige? Just ask her where she wants to apply. It’s not like you can go wrong.</p>