Originally Posted by Val
Anecdote: someone in my family is very bright, had amazing scholarship offers for two good private colleges, graduated at the top of her class, had lots of extracurriculars and awards, and was admitted to exactly ONE Ivy out of five applications. And that was several years ago.

That's the kind of person I was talking about, meaning what would be expected of a 140+ish person.

And she got into an Ivy (I didn't say "get accepted to all the Ivies").

So, while things are harder, you should still be able to get into an Ivy.