<ol>
<li>MIT</li>
<li>Cornell</li>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>Caltech</li>
<li>Berkeley </li>
<li>Harvey Mudd</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon</li>
</ol>
<p>I consider all of those schools my "reach" ones. Please rank them 1st being the most difficult to get accepted and 7th being the easiest.</p>
<ol>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>Caltech</li>
<li>MIT</li>
<li>Harvey Mudd</li>
<li>Berkley</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon</li>
<li>Cornell</li>
</ol>
<p>just my opinion</p>
<ol>
<li>MIT</li>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>Caltech</li>
<li>Cornell</li>
<li>Berkeley</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon</li>
<li>Harvey Mudd</li>
</ol>
<p>3,1,4,2,5,7,6 . . . depending on the strength of your personal statement essay, GPA, ECs, standardized test scores and hooks. "Acceptance difficulty will vary from student to student. For a different student, I might rank them differently. But, the above is my best estimate for you.</p>
<p>Hardest: Stanford, MIT
Hard : Caltech (this could be switched with above depending on your stats; Caltech is more stats based), Cornell
Medium: Berkeley (if in state otherwise move to Hard)
Less Difficult: Carnegie Mellon, Mudd</p>
<p>For Carnegie Mellon it depends on what school you’re applying to. H&SS makes it the least difficult to get into while applying to SCS (which seems more likely given your school choices) makes it harder than Cornell.</p>
<ol>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>MIT</li>
<li>Caltech</li>
<li>Harvey Mudd</li>
<li>Cornell</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon</li>
<li>Berkeley</li>
</ol>
<p>Berkeley isn’t that hard compared to these, in-state at least.</p>