How are my chances for Harvard/Princeton/Yale/Caltech?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>“Dartmouth - high match
Duke - high match
Northwestern - mid reach
Washington University in St. Louis -match”</p>

<p>Duke and Dartmouth are reach schools.
I think OP has solid chances at NW and WashU (if no FA).</p>

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<p>Harvard - reach
Princeton - reach
Yale - reach
Caltech - low reach/high match
Rensselaer - safety
USC - match/low match
Rochester - safety
Pittsburgh - safety</p>

<p>chance me…
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<p>You are a strong applicant! Do not let a Stanford reject get you down. keep your spirits high. You are just starting this process. Getting rejected by Stanford is not a insult by any means. They just felt like you were not a fit for them. Go through your essays and make sure that they reflect who you are in the application itself. The application and the essays should have some common values of who you are. Most of the Colleges you are looking at are not reaches. They will be tough for anyone if there essays do not reflect a persons Value to the University. Rochester for instance is no safety. they only take 1100 freshman a year. Any college that have that small of a freshman class is not Safety. Pitt maybe the only safety in my opinion. You will get a ivy but you have to keep the faith and trust your qualifications. These colleges are building a class from a group of world class kids. And there are some strong ones! Good luck</p>

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<p>Given your outstadning grades, test scores, and ECs, you have a decent shot at all of them. Here ar emy guesses. </p>

<p>Cal Tech = match (based mostly on numbers and you have very good nuimbers); HP = reaches (less than 25%, like almost everyone else); Yale = low reach (25 to 40%, strong science background may give you advantage expecially if you express interest in engineering); Dartmouth and WUSTL = matches; Duke and NW = low matches (since took so many ED already). Good luck!</p>

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<p>I would say all of the original are reaches as they are for anyone. Your race and ECs (ECs seem cookie-cutter) def won’t help. Definetly medium match for duke and NW. Dartmouth is till a reach and WUSTL is a match!!!</p>

<p>Chance me back?
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<p>What’s the difference between low/high match and just match? Does low mean that it is easier to get in?</p>

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<p>You have to take all these statements about what is a “match” and what is a “reach” with a grain of salt. Even if you are in the top 25% of grades and scores for a school, that doesn’t mean that it is a match for you if it only admits 10% of applicants–it’s still a reach.</p>

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<p>I think you look good for your stats, its pretty much what everyone else has when applying for those schools. Just got to make yourself stick out in some way i suppose. Good luck!</p>

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<p>I feel like a lot of it is up to some sort of chance, too. An old friend of mine from middle school got into Princeton yesterday and I would say he is similar to me (less academics and more summer stuff though).</p>

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<p>Harvard: reach
Yale: reach
Princeton: low reach
Caltech: low reach
Duke: match
Dartmouth: low match/high safety</p>