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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The top 10% go to the flag ship state schools in their state and second tier privates (1st tier noted below).  The top 10%-20% go to flagship schools out of state. At least that is how it seems to work in northern Virginia. As a pp noted, the top .5% go to the Ivies and MIT, Williams, Stanford, Amherst...

The second tier privates are one like seven sisters, Vanderbilt, U of Chicago, Colby, Bowdoin, Carleton, Rice.... too numerous to name.[/quote]

Based on rankings out today by USNWR:

National Universities:
U of Chicago #4, 8.8% acceptance
Rice #19 16.7% acceptance
Vanderbilt #16, 12.7% acceptance

Liberal Arts Colleges:
Wellesley #4 - 29.1% acceptance
Smith #19, 43.1% acceptance
Barnard #32, 20.5%
Bryn Mawr #27, 39.9% acceptance
Vassar #11 24.1% acceptance
Mt. Holyoke #41, 46.8% acceptance
Colby #15 26% acceptance
Bowdoin #5 - 15% acceptance
Carleton #8 - 21% acceptance

USNWR rankings aren't the end all, but they give you an idea. I wouldn't consider any of the schools you list second tier except for Mt. Holyoke. They may not be at the very top but they are very competitive schools. When I think of second tier I think Franklin and Marshall, Dickinson, Gettysburg, Allegheny, Denision, Ohio Wesleyan, Northeastern, BU, Syracuse, Skidmore, Virginia Tech, Penn State, Univ of Wisconsin at Madison, GW, Tulane, Connecticut College, Trinity (Hartford), Furman, Hobart, The College of Wooster, etc. To me second tier means schools that are competitive just not very competitive or the most competitive. 
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