@collegemom3717 I’ve heard that getting into the contract colleges at Cornell isn’t too hard as long as you have a high GPA and a great essay. Of course there aren’t any guarantees, but it’s far from impossible.
Here are my estimates for his chances at each school (assuming a GPA above 3.7 and very compelling essays):
Harvard - 1%
Yale - 0.5%
Princeton - 0.1%
Columbia - 20%
Cornell - 50%
UPenn - 25%
Dartmouth - 2%
Brown - 20%
MIT - 0.5%
Stanford - 3%
USC - 65%
NYU - 70%
Carnegie Mellon - 35%