Safety/midrange schools to add to my list? (Top choices: USC & NYU)

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<p>^^^ The problem is that Standardized Test Scores alone will give you very little indication of an acceptance to schools like HYPSM, as most of their applicants have superb stats and sterling academic backgrounds, to begin with. Many above-average students (smart but not Harvard-material type) apply to USC, the kind of applicants that do not apply to HYPSM, because they knew they wouldn’t stand a chance, in the first place. HYPSM applicants do not usually apply to USC. HYPSM overlaps mostly to the lower Ivies + Duke, Chicago or NU. I would even surmise that there are many HYPSM aspirants applying to the top 4 publics than USC. </p>

<p>As for Berkeley’s stats, here’s the latest data, which is a tad bit lower than of last year’s:
Reading: 620-760
Math: 650-770
Writing: 640-750</p>

<p>unweighted GPA: 3.89
<a href=“http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/freshmen.asp[/url]”>http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/freshmen.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Please take note that Berkeley does not superscore while USC does.</p>