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Saw this discussion in a recent WAMC thread and wanted to clarify some questions I had.
I reviewed the SDN Building a School List resource (very helpful), but there wasn't too much discussion on stats. How do I know what schools are realistic reaches/reasonable to apply to and which schools to avoid? Should you be at least 10th percentile or 25 percentile or >25th percentile at least?
For context, I personally have a 518/3.8. Does this mean that schools like UPenn are unreasonable to apply to since 518 is their 10th percentile or is it even stricter than that (i.e. Harvard is unreasonable since 518 is 25th percentile)?
I know that stats aren't everything by any means, but they do seem to be the limiting factor in most cases based on the advice I have seen given in the WAMC thread.
I reviewed the SDN Building a School List resource (very helpful), but there wasn't too much discussion on stats. How do I know what schools are realistic reaches/reasonable to apply to and which schools to avoid? Should you be at least 10th percentile or 25 percentile or >25th percentile at least?
For context, I personally have a 518/3.8. Does this mean that schools like UPenn are unreasonable to apply to since 518 is their 10th percentile or is it even stricter than that (i.e. Harvard is unreasonable since 518 is 25th percentile)?
I know that stats aren't everything by any means, but they do seem to be the limiting factor in most cases based on the advice I have seen given in the WAMC thread.