<p>Yes, I am obligated to apply to Brown and Princeton because of my family.</p>
<p>So should I take Harvard and Yale off my list then? Right now, my order of preference for the tippy-top of my list is something like this:</p>
<ol>
<li>Brown/Harvard</li>
<li>Yale</li>
<li>Princeton</li>
<li>Duke</li>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>Dartmouth</li>
</ol>
<p>However, I feel like I have a better shot at Dartmouth than at Princeton, Yale, and Harvard, and can see myself being happy there. Same with Stanford–my school has a pretty good acceptance history there.</p>
<p>Any thoughts?</p>