<p>I think you have a great chance at Columbia. ( You’re also from N.Y. so that should help somewhat). I bet that from all the schools you’ve applied to, you’ll end up at Columbia. </p>
<p>CIT at Carnegie Mellon is very difficult to get into, probably equivalent to the difficult of getting into Caltech.</p>
<p>Waitlist at Rice doesn’t make sense at all. Pm me your essay if you want so maybe I could give you some feedback. You should’ve been a shoe-in at Rice.</p>