<p>Actually I found his stats very telling… If he had looked at his own chances reasonably he wouldn’t have applied to so many schools. If you look at the list it’s 1/2 reasonable 1/2 out of reach. I see more “I’m overestimating myself” than “not really thinking seriously about finding the right place.” But at least he has tons of schools that he actually might get into, unlike some posters that have only HYPSM. Nonetheless, app fee wasted at:</p>
<p>University of California-Berkeley
University of California-Los Angeles
University of Chicago
Cornell University
University of Southern California
Stanford University
Columbia University
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Tufts University
Brown University</p>