how many students who apply are actually qualified?

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<p>The acceptance rate at top schools are incredibly low like <20%. How many of the students that apply are actually competitive applicants? I know many tons of kids who don't have stellar stats or ECs but apply to ivies and top schools. </p>

<p>I read somewhere that competive applicants have more like a 30-40% chance. According to that, does it make sense that 60% of the people who apply never had a solid chance to begin with and are applying just for the heck of it?</p>

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<p>Yes. Some Ivy (I think Princeton) once said that they had enough stellar applicants to be able to make three different freshman classes. A 30-40% chance for statistically qualified applicants is thus fairly logical.</p>