A+: (best of the best, almost perfect )
Stanford University
Princeton University
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A:(best choices nationwide, but have slight shortages)
Columbia University
Yale University
University of Chicago
Duke University
University of Pennsylvania
California Institute of Technology
Northwestern University
Johns Hopkins University
A-:(conditionally best choices nationwide, have noticeable shortages)
Dartmouth College
University of California – Berkeley
University of California – Los Angeles
Cornell University
Rice University
Brown University
University of Virginia
University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
Vanderbilt University
University of Notre Dame
Washington University in St. Louis
Georgetown University
