<p>MBSquash, </p>
<p>I graduated Williams College in 1998, coming from a public school. Now, college standards have come down quite a bit since by day, so I think that you have a chance at Williams. The others are a bit of a reach. As for the ACT, I’d say that you ought to take it. You certainly need the extra scores (I take from this that you are a good test taker) to improve your resume. Otherwise, your chances are reasonable. Good Luck!</p>
<p>I think you have quite good chances for all of those schools (even Harvard if you’re lucky!). I will apply for Dartmouth, Harvard, Cornell, Yale, Northwestern and Vanderbilt in a year from now. My safety schools are here in Sweden where I live. There are a few excellent schools here aswell 
Good luck!</p>
<p>Thank you for replying to the original post and ignoring all of the nonsense in the previous pages. I am taking the ACTs this weekend and will be applying ED to Williams. </p>
<p>Chris- Good luck with apps and thanks for the input.</p>