<p>Sam:</p>
<p>I’m not going to discuss chances or percentages of admissions. To be honest, I’m not qualified to do so.</p>
<p>This being said, your statistics suggest that you are ‘academically qualified’ for virtually any school in the US. By this I mean that if you are admitted, you can probably do the work required.</p>
<p>However, the top schools claim that 75%-80% of their applicant’s are academically qualified, yet we see admissions percentages dip below 20% at the all or most top 15 or 20 schools, and below 10% at a number of them. So, it’s really a numbers game.</p>
<p>Your freshman/sophomore years will be a negative (relatively speaking). But that’s ok. First, there’s nothing you can do about it now and second, students with stats similar to yours are, in fact, accepted every year.</p>
<p>With your record, if there’s a school that you think you would want to attend – APPLY. If there are several top tier schools – APPLY to all of them. Given your GPA, you should have a Plan B, and should also apply to schools where the admissions statistics are more favorable to you. I would say this to anyone, regardless of how good their statistics are.</p>