Chance me for junior with decent stats [3.98 GPA, 36 ACT] but nervous about impossible admit rates

Why not add your in-state flagship U as an additional safety? It will be your cheapest option by far, preserves money for other uses, like law school.

She really is an excellent candidate. I think that she has a chance at Wash U, maybe Rice. I think that your matches are more likelies. She sounds as if she’s headed towards law school, so can major in anything, anywhere. The most important thing for law school acceptance is going to be high GPA and high LSATs, both of which sound very possible for her anywhere she goes, but if the school is less competitive, she could get a 4.0, be summa cum laude.

You want her to stay relatively close to home? Should she add Carleton? U Mich? UIUC (Illinois)