Match/Reach schools Situation?

Applying to College
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<p>Here are the schools I'm applying to:</p>

<p>Reaches:
Yale
Northwestern
Notre Dame</p>

<p>Matches:
U of Illinois
UW-Madison
U of Iowa</p>

<p>Safeties:
Illinois State
Iowa State (Free app)
Marquette (Free app)</p>

<p>My match/ reach situation is kind of odd, because I'm almost, repeat ALMOST guaranteed admission to my "match schools", but I'm a little below the bar at my reach schools, except Yale, which is a crapshoot. If it helps:</p>

<p>3.7 GPA and still rising
30 ACT
National Achievement Outstanding Participant (Top 3%, and no scholarships or anything!, lol)
Plenty of extracurriculars from sports to community service (Soccer, NHS, French Honor Society, Key Club, Band, Church audio department, Tutoring at a local group for young boys led by a fraternity, and other things.</p>

<p>Basically my question is are my reaches far reaches, slight reaches, etc.?</p>

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<p>Yale - Far reach
NW - Far reach
ND - Reach</p>

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<p>Kid,</p>

<p>It doesn’t matter what we think and it doesn’t matter what you think either about the question at hand. Everyone should take a shot at schools they really want to go to and if these three are those, be happy with your choices and hope for the best. But know it’s a bit like going to Las Vegas to gamble. Go in with the expectation of having as much fun as possible and if good things come your way … all the better.</p>