<p>Even if only the top 1% at most schools apply for one of the 8 Ivies, that amounts to a HUGE applicant pool versus that for schools with far lower name recognition, like NU.</p>
<p>I know the rep who gave the Yale presentation D attended implied that the vast majority of their applicants fall into the “Hail Mary Pass” (or should I say “Yale Mary Pass”) category, and I’ve heard the same from Stanford.</p>
<p>I’m guessing NU doesn’t get so many of those snowball’s-chance-in-h*ll applications.</p>