Randy McElhose said his son Adam has good grades, took advanced placement courses, has an ACT score of 27, is in the National Honor Society, is an Eagle Scout, has led backpacking expeditions, delivers 400 newspapers every day – and is wait-listed at UW-Madison.
“Whatever the secret sauce it is … he ain’t got it,” McElhose added, though his son, a senior at Edgewood High School, has been accepted at three other universities – the University of Hawaii, the University of Colorado and UW-La Crosse.