<p>I can’t comment on the state schools but for the privates you had two categories:
lottery schools (5), super selectives(3). What are the admit rates at those non-Ivy schools? 28, 27, 18 %. Those are not good odds! You got waitlisted at those three so perhaps if you applied to 10 schools in that range you could get a few, but…
While your stats are good enough to get into any of them, so are the majority of other applicants.
So the only mistake you made (and those advising you) was NOT applying to schools that are one notch down in selectivity. Something where your odds are higher…</p>