<p>Guys what about my chances for UC Berkeley? I have applied to it but forgot to mention. Their acceptance rate seem to be around 18% and also low average scores than Ivies.</p>
<p>If you have $50-55,000 per year for your education, you’ll get admitted more easily into the non-need blind schools (CMU, for instance, except for CS.)
Acceptance rates below 30% are in the “crapshoot” level, ie., be the best and keep your fingers crossed. So even Berkeley is considered super selective in the US.
Being full-pay for Berkeley would help you but it’s still not certain. What were your ICGSE/ALevel scores? Did you get results in the A*-B range on all 3-4 subjects and were those subjects directly related to the major you applied to?</p>
<p>All my High school scores are straight A’s. Always was in the top 10%.</p>
<p>Straight A’s and $50,000 will help you get into a lot of schools. Not sure how UCB would look at your application though.
Do apply to a bunch of schools from the list above, though, unless you’re willing to take a gap year and start in Fall 2015.
The strongest colleges would be New College of course, Hendrix, Creighton, Hiram, SUNY New Paltz, Juniata, FIT, and Albion.</p>