<p>dont forget about the top LAC's</p>
<p>lolabelle,</p>
<p>I believe you are correct in terms of difficulty. According to USNW, the schools that are toughest to get into are below.</p>
<p>These are the college selectivity rankings per USNW (2006)--I don't have the 2007 version of their rankings.</p>
<p>WUSL: 6
Duke: Tie at 10 with Columbia and Dartmouth
UC Berkeley: 14
Georgetown: 15
UCLA: 18
Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Chicago and John Hopkins: Tie at 19 with Notre Dame and USC
Univ of Michigan: 24
Tufts: Tied at 25 with Univ of Virginia</p>
<p>However, the OP has excellent credentials and is probably a match at Michigan and Tufts. Because of the California in-state status they are probably a match also at UC Berkeley and UCLA.</p>
<p>They are probably a reach at WUSL, Duke, Columbia, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Chicago, John Hopkins, and Dartmouth.</p>
<p>Ranking has very little to do with what we're talkinga bout here (and anything at all, ever) . It'd be better to look at average SAT scores and acceptance rate.</p>
<p>Those numbers are completely off, even USNews notes that Tufts was at 17. It's more selective than Chicago, Northwestern, Vandy, Emory, and matched with JHU. Michigan and Tufts are quite different in terms of selectivity.</p>
<p>DarmouthOrBust. youre psycho. either you dont want competition (ha.) or you failed to make dartmouth and so are taking out your anger on others. (*** dude.)</p>
<p>lolabell, note that I posted "selectivity" rankings, not overall rankings. Like you and many others, I could care less about those.</p>
<p>Also, WorldbandDX, note that I said these were 2006 numbers, not 2007. If these numbers have changed slightly (and I expect they would), then the ability to get into certain schools would change also. </p>
<p>This doesn't change my overall point--that the OP is well qualified and has good chances at some of the high prestige colleges and universities.</p>