<p>There is no automatic to any school in top 25-30 in USNWR ranking unless you go to a feeder school to one of those schools and your counselor is pleading your case for one of the slots.</p>
<p>Schools tend to accept a certain number from each high school and this is usually available from past records. However, the trend has been changing drastically over the years and it can vary from year to year based on who and how many accept an offer at a top school. So a school that accepted several students in the past may not accept any this year (I know a public school where H accepted 5 2 years ago, 4 went and none were accepted this year, while P accepted 4 2 years ago, none went and no one was accepted in holistic process this year).</p>