[PalmTree]

Brown was at the banquet.  No blow up

My <TOTALLY> uninformed guess.

JB on track to graduate with a degree in Poli Sci
JB applies to PS (or related) grad programs including Stanford, which is a small dept and by inference, which has a VERY limited # of slots for Masters students
JB learns she is not accepted to Stanford, but does get in to 1+ somewhat attractive grad program(s) somewhere else
JB enters the portal

and now she's moving on....that's it

[PalmTree]

Brown was at the banquet.  No blow up

My <TOTALLY> uninformed guess.

JB on track to graduate with a degree in Poli Sci
JB applies to PS (or related) grad programs including Stanford, which is a small dept and by inference, which has a VERY limited # of slots for Masters students
JB learns she is not accepted to Stanford, but does get in to 1+ somewhat attractive grad program(s) somewhere else
JB enters the portal

and now she's moving on....that's it