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I'm going to wish you good luck as well, but I think you should consider that it is exceedingly rare for someone with a quantitative score in the 60th percentile to be admitted to any of the schools on your list. I'm certain that it can't be more than a handful of people a year at each school, and they are almost certainly underrepresented minorities.

I don't know anything about the rest of your application; but I will guess from your name that you are female, which helps a good bit. A background in the arts helps with diversity, but hurts in establishing your ability to cut the mustard quantitatively. I would highly suggest running your profile by one of the admissions consultants here to get feedback on your chances at those schools. They are 4 of the 8 most competitive schools to get into (possibly 4 of the top 5).


I agree with Pelihu regarding that concern because I am facing the exact same dilemma with a Q42 while targeting schools much lower on the ranking scale. Mary, I highly recommend that you enroll in an online Stats and Business Calculus course prior to applying. At least this gives you a chance to forward the grades to the school(s) if you get waitlisted.

Moreover, you might want to pick a few schools outside the ultra-elite (and even elite) category as a "safe school contingency." It's great to have dreams, yet at the same time we need to be realistic.

At any rate, good luck with all your applications.
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