<p>Are you taking about Columbia in NY?</p>
<p>I hate to be blunt, but with those stats, none of those schools are really “definite options” they are all pretty much reaches (I guess except for Michigan) with Columbia being a far reach. If you’re #68 in your class, where are the kids who are #1-67 applying? Today, there really don’t exist people that are shoe-ins, even 5 years ago when I was applying, that wasn’t the case. Being that far down the food chain, it definitely does matter who your competition is from your school. At least for Northwestern, there were probably about 20-25 kids that applied from my class of 150, and only 3 got in and a bunch waitlisted. We didn’t rank, but people had a general idea of where they’d fall. Given that, if you’re #68 and there are a decent number of kids 1-67 applying to Uchicago, Columbia, and Northwestern, you definitely have a long way to go to make it so that you get the big acceptance letter. </p>
<p>granted you ECs are general and vague, but based on numbers alone, nothing stands out that licenses you to use the word ‘option’ so loosely about schools like Columbia, who, in 2010, had a 9% admit rate. </p>
<p>maybe you need to do some more research besides just name-shopping.</p>
<p>Again, trying not to be blunt, but rather, realistic. I thought I was good enough for Columbia too. Technically i think I was when they put me on the extended waiting list, but by then it was August and I was set on NU. I see a little bit of my naivety in you, so i’m just trying to be helpful. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>