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HYS undergrad; solid leadership experience; 2 years WE as a paralegal at a major nonprofit org; non-URM.

What are my odds at:

Yale
Stanford
Columbia
NYU
Berkeley
Michigan
UVA
Penn
Northwestern
Cornell
Vanderbilt
UTexas
Boston U

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my guesses:

Yale reject
Stanford reject
Columbia waitlist/reject
NYU waitlist/reject
Berkeley waitlist/reject
Michigan accept/waitlist
UVA accept/waitlist
Penn accept/waitlist
Northwestern accept/waitlist/reject (depending on interviews etc)
Cornell accept
Vanderbilt accept
UTexas accept/waitlist
Boston U accept

Numbers twin here. I consider NYU my big reach, and I think I have a fighting chance at all the T-14s below that school.

3.57/170 - shot at T6?

No.

Shot in the middle of the T-14 on down. Any particular favorites? ED might be a good idea if you are comfortable with sticker.

I'm skittish about binding ED... I'd be content with MVP at sticker, so I'm thinking I might just take my chances with RD everywhere. Hopefully that's not too risky of a gamble.

grimfan wrote:Numbers twin here. I consider NYU my big reach, and I think I have a fighting chance at all the T-14s below that school.

Yeah, same. Good luck!

dux90 wrote:I'm skittish about binding ED... I'd be content with MVP at sticker, so I'm thinking I might just take my chances with RD everywhere. Hopefully that's not too risky of a gamble.

Virginia might as well be Yale if you aren't applying ED or have Virginia residency.

Make sure to write optional essays for Michigan and Penn. Expect to get a bunch of waitlists but you should get a bite or two within the T-14.

dux90 wrote:

grimfan wrote:Numbers twin here. I consider NYU my big reach, and I think I have a fighting chance at all the T-14s below that school.

Yeah, same. Good luck!

same here best of luck to you both.

Maybe if u don't ed school x that is top ten, u might have to go to school y that is top 15. ed is there for a reason. if u are trying to reach into t6 it seems like debt isn't that huge of an issue, and u really want a highly ranked school. i would say ed at ur best chance, like uva, plus they have quick response time. i know u don't want to get tied down to one school if another offers u a good deal, u have to be dead set on that school, or at least play the odds. Caution, if u ED to NW u cannot ed to any other school, regardless of their verdict, nor can u be rejected ed from any other school and then ed to nw, it is a one time thing for them. good luck!

Yale and Stanford apps are wasted money. I would apply to Columbia on down the list. But the chances of a T6 acceptance very slim given those numbers. Your success will likely be the lower half of the T14.

I'd hold off on UVA and do late ED there if none of the others are working out.