<p>@vinceh – My statistical profile is above average for all of the schools I’m applying to. The only reason I wrote reach is because the top 10 are reaches to EVERYONE.</p>
<p>Although there are 18 applications – keep in mind that the bottom 4 schools have no essay requirements as they are all state schools. WashU, Vanderbilt, and Carleton have VERY easy supplements so those don’t really count either. So in reality, I have 1 common app and 11 supplements to craft. Also, I started essay writing last week. Do you think it’s any more manageable now?</p>
<p>@T26E4 – Sorry for not being specific enough on what I was trying to ask by giving my list of schools. I’m not asking for my chances to get into these schools. Up above, ucbalumnus wrote something about how some schools that are reaches but not high reaches use level of interest to gauge candidates. So I wanted clarification and was asking to apply that paragraph to my list of schools.</p>