<p>People seem to have gotten the message that HPM are nearly impossible after an admissions massacre last year. But people don’t realize that Brown, Dartmouth, UPenn, and Stanford (using specific examples from my school) follow not too far behind selectivity-wise. One girl is almost certain of her chances at Dartmouth and has a short college list consisting of D, a few Ivy peers, and our fairly competitive state flagship. Facepalm.</p>