I applied to the following universities:

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (EA DEFERRED)

• Georgia Institute of Technology (EA DEFERRED)

• Northeastern University (EA Accepted, N.U.in)

• UCLA

• UC Berkeley

• UCSD

• Columbia University

• Harvard University

• Dartmouth College

• Princeton University

• Yale University

• Cornell University

• Brown University

• University of Pennsylvania

• Stanford University

• Northwestern University

• Duke University

• Washington University in St. Louis

• Johns Hopkins University

• Rice University

• University of Pennsylvania

• California Institute of Technology

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Swarthmore College

• Case Western Reserve University

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• University of Michigan

• Rochester Institute of Technology

• In-State Safety 1 (Accepted Rolling)

• In-State Safety 2 (Accepted Rolling)

• In-State Safety 3 (Accepted Rolling)

Some info:

• Asian male

• Midwestern state

• I applied economics everywhere except MIT and Georgia Tech (math)

• My essays were fine (I'm not exceedingly proud of them)

• My ACT score/GPA/recs are good (I do not feel bad about them)

• Participated in a decently well-known research program in summer 2025

• Decent EC involvement and research experience

• Some colleges (Swarthmore, Michigan, Cornell, Caltech, UIUC, UNC) applied last minute (or with no college app motivation left); may have slightly compromised essay quality

Will resolve once I get waitlist results back

Credits to @contabulator for original market