Yeah, she may not have wanted them to choose a big name university, and yet they did. I don't see any hypocrisy here- her daughters have their own choice (If I were her daughters, you better bet I'd choose whatever lets me leverage my parents' connections). My parents didn't want me to apply to Texas A&M, and yet I did anyway, and got accepted (didn't go because of lack of financial aid). That wouldn't have made my parents into hypocrites if I did go, however.