<p>Im not sure if you guys realized, but Stanford’s admit rate isn’t exactly 11% for competitive people.
Based on this link,
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Stanford simply discards non-competitive people in the first round (assuming solid C’s and D’s and bad test scores/essays). They claim it’s about half the applicant pool. In 2008, I believe around 22000 people applied (roughly estimating). So, halve it, it becomes 11000. From this is where the people are actually selected. So, in 2008, about 2400 people got in (Again, roughly estimating). 2400/11000* 100 = 21.81 or 22% of the competitive people who apply, get in. Naturally, Im assuming the OP is competitive.
Also, the same probably happens for the Ivy league schools and MIT and Caltech and Tufts. So, you do have high chances i guess.
Note: You can substitute the exact numbers to know the exact percentage.</p>