<p>@boomboom123 - that is most definitely not true. Do you know how many of the 30,000 plus applicants to Yale are a star at whatever they do? 28,000 of them are still going to be rejected. Any school that has an admit rate of less than 8% is a reach for everyone. If you want an example, go to the Harvard SCEA thread after 3:00 today when the decisions come out and see all the kids that are going to be disappointed and look at their stats.</p>