| That's true...I agree that it is essential to know what your chances are at schools, so you can build a balanced list that won't leave you acceptance-dry in May. I admit that (c) was not well thought out and poorly worded. Although I would dispute that you shouldn't apply to schools "out of your league."
How would you define "out of your league?" That's something an admissions committee decides; your decision is whether or not you would like going to the school. Say you really, genuinely want to go to Yale, but you have sub-600 SAT scores. It would be stupid, in my opinion, not to apply because you think you have a 99% chance of getting rejected. Honestly, that's not much worse than all the other applicants, who have about a 90% chance of not getting in anyway. |