<p>You never really can tell with most of these schools. The only problem seems to be your grades/GPA/rank but other parts of your app can certainly overcome a single shortcoming. Everything else looks good or great (SATs), but I wouldn’t put too much weight in your recs; these schools have heard it all (e.g. more than one “once in a career student” per year for some counselors). Not applying for aid will definitely help you as an international, especially at the UCs. I think you’re good for at least two ivies and more than half of your others.</p>
<p>In order of rough guesstimation:
Harvard: universal high reach
Yale: universal high reach
Princeton: universal high reach
Columbia (CC): mid reach
Dartmouth: mid reach
Duke (Trinity): mid reach
Williams: mid reach
University of Chicago: mid/low reach
UPenn (CAS): low reach
UC Berkeley (Social Work): low reach
Cornell (CAS): low reach
Amherst: low reach
Washington University at St. Louis: low reach
Northwestern (Weinberg): high match/low reach
Johns Hopkins University: high match
UCLA: low match</p>
<p>Chances for top schools?</p>