[Mick]

Some thoughts from an old fart, who has children aged 18 and 23...

Kids are different.  Some like Stanford, some don't.  Some can get into Stanford, some can't.  Neither of my children wanted to go to Stanford, some children do.

Get over it!

Same.  Mine are 24 and 20.  Couldn't get them to apply to Stanford when they were early accepted by Princeton.  They have six immediate relatives who are Stanford alumni, but they wanted to be back East.

[Mick]

Some thoughts from an old fart, who has children aged 18 and 23...

Kids are different.  Some like Stanford, some don't.  Some can get into Stanford, some can't.  Neither of my children wanted to go to Stanford, some children do.

Get over it!

Same.  Mine are 24 and 20.  Couldn't get them to apply to Stanford when they were early accepted by Princeton.  They have six immediate relatives who are Stanford alumni, but they wanted to be back East.