<p>H20, chances of being admitted have little to do with success in a given college…many more students would do well, or at least acceptably, than if admitted. For Harvard & Yale, something like 80-90 percent can do the work; I would guess that Wellesely isn’t too far behind.</p>
<p>To <em>me</em>, NYU doesn’t make sense as your #2 choice. If you’d said Vassar, Colgate, Smith, Mount Holyoke, Bryn Mawr, or Bates I wouldn’t have blinked. Even Middlebury, though I think Middlebury is tough, too…but getting denied by one competitive college doesn’t mean you’ll be denied by another…a year or two back someone was rejected by UC San Diego and accepted at Harvard.</p>
<p>Again, there’s nothing wrong with NYU…but it’s an extremely odd #2 choice for someone who is aiming at Wellesley as first choice.</p>