In New York, you have NYU and Columbia as the two very competitive universities. the CUNY universities, including Hunter College and Baruch College, Fordham University, Pace University, New School University, Stony Brook University, St. John’s University, Marymount College, Marymount Manhattan College, and Long Island University, among others.

-Hope that helps

Might as well apply to Stanford if you can afford it. Think of it as an expensive lottery ticket. I truly believe their admissions process is just a lottery. Because some people with 4.7+ GPA’s (3.9+ unweighted), perfect SAT’s/AP’s, ec’s that fill the sheet, and got into Harvard, etc can’t get in but some people with barely a 3.4, 0 ec’s, and low SAT’s get in.

University of California at Santa Cruz