One other thing I thing the OP is experiencing. She has just emerged from recruitment (er, her daughter did) and after hearing all summer about how competitive it is, how difficult cuts are, how selective the old row groups are, etc. she and the daughter are surprised to find that 'wild" girls actually get bids in those houses.
And don't flame me for using the term 'wild, girls. I don't mean that in a judgemental way.
