A note above said that it will be harder to get into elite colleges in coming years compared to prior years. That remains to be seen. As far as private elites go, I think it will likely get easier. The entire higher education industry IS and WILL BE in upheaval for years to come. COVID will expose problems that existed previously, particularly regarding affordability, and will create new problems, all of which cannot be predicted. However, I will go out on a limb and suggest that it may be easier to get into many elite universities (non HYPMS) and many elite liberal arts institutions than it has been in recent years. This was coming anyway owing to a known demographic decrease in the number of college students applying in coming years in certain parts of the country, including the northeast. Schools are already dropping many forms of testing requirements in order to reduce barriers, and not just for lower socio-economic reasons… they want to reduce barriers to everyone because they fear a decrease in applications, yield and paying seats in classrooms. Many families will target state educational opportunities (a process that has been underway for years) assuming (often correctly) that state schools will be less expensive that private elites. In any event, I don’t think it will get harder for students to get admitted into elite private institutions and will likely become easier…so long as families can afford them. Many schools with decreased endowments may have to reduce financial aid… and if they don’t reduce their FA, there will be many, many more qualifying for said aid with parents out of work and savings diminished. I do think it will get harder to get into flagship state universities and I fear that FA may decrease at those schools as well. I also think the the OP has a great chance to get into one of these.