<p>The OP is more than welcome to post her chance thread here to get more opinions like yours: [What</a> Are My Chances? - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/]What”>Chance Me / Match Me! - College Confidential Forums)</p>
<p>But the reality is that every tippy-top student needs to apply to ALL the top colleges because your chances actually vary from institution to institution and from year to year. I’ve posted this before, but my son, who had a perfect ACT, was rejected from Harvard, but admitted to Yale and Princeton. My daughter was rejected at Yale, waitlisted at Princeton and accepted to Harvard. You would think that all top colleges are looking for the same things, but admissions does NOT work that way. That’s the reality you are missing when you say that the OP has a chance. Who’s to say she has a chance at Harvard? Everyone has a chance at Harvard, but is that saying much? Does that mean anything? No! Do they have a good chance? A better than average chance? Or, are their chances at Stanford, Princeton, or Yale better than their chances at Harvard? I’m certainly not qualified to make that prediction! I wasn’t a good prognosticator for my kids, so I sure can’t do it for anyone else. These days, top students need to apply to all the top schools, as you don’t have a chance everywhere, but no one can tell you where you have a better chance.</p>