Beyond the obvious quips about grade and test score inflation, it's tempting to speculate that the colleges share "who applied to you?" data, and decided that t

Beyond the obvious quips about grade and test score inflation, it's tempting to speculate that the colleges share "who applied to you?" data, and decided that the daughter's application was not worth the effort, given the 1:36 odds against her actually attending. Though when "every" applicant has a 4.0...the informed applicants may know that they need the right number of varsity letters, letters of recommendation from noted alumni, volunteer hour for right-sounding causes, etc., etc. And the "Working Parents" user name (at teamblind.com) could be taken to mean that the poor daughter's family had no clue about hiring consultants for the the college application process...