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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Definitely get ready to let go of your illusions of DD sailing into every school she applies to.  Like everybody, she'll need to apply to a range of schools in terms of how competitive admissions are.  Basically, you want to look at academically competitive schools with a robust Greek scene.  In addition to the schools you  mentioned, take a look at:

Cornell
Dartmouth
Emory
Michigan Honors
Northwestern
Penn
Princeton (despite what a few PPs have said, it's super-social -- DH went there and DS will be a first-year, so we are familiar with it)
Cornell
SMU
UT
Wake Forest

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Most of these are long reaches - less than 15% chance of getting into the first eight on this list as well as UT out of state.  Wake is a decent reach bordering on target, and SMU is a good target.  Highly recommend studying the data from this cycle.  Without hooks most of these schools will be very difficult admits.  It's OK to aim high but be prepared.  
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Cornell is listed twice among the first 8 schools.

OP's daughter is a strong match for Dartmouth College. Should do well with Dartmouth's application which values social individuals.[/quote]

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