<p>Skateboarder: Don’t feel bad, especially if the people you’re referring to are your parents. Both my parents went to Brown and my grandfather attended Princeton. Getting into Tufts/NYU (my school) today is about as competitive as getting into an Ivy was for their generation. And if it’s your siblings, you shouldn’t really be judging yourself against them in the first place. Getting into top schools is ridiculously competitive.</p>