<p>Race? Gender? State? Financial Situation? Hooks? All of these play major roles in whether or not you get accepted.</p>
<p>Oh, and you really can’t chance anyone for those schools, you can only give them an idea. HYPSM are all crapshoots for everyone, so take whatever advice you get on this site with a grain of salt because there’s a very good chance someone who says you will get in might be wrong, and vice versa.</p>