<p>Actually, since many schools have to fill certain “region quotas” and there’s not many students applying from Alaska (compared to the amount of students in the Northeast, for example) you’re lucky in that sense – it will help boost your chance of admissions.</p>
<p>Princeton: Reach
Penn: Reach
George Washington: Match
U of Virginia: Match/ low reach
NYU: Match/ low reach
Boston U: Match/ safety
Case Western: Safety
U of Maryland-CP: Safety
George Mason: Safety
Michigan State: Match
U of Minnesota: Safety
U of Alaska-Anchorage (my last resort): safety</p>