<p>So I'm applying to 9 schools! </p>
<p>For some applications, (Choate) for example asks what other schools are you applying to?</p>
<p>Do you fill in the other slots or is it best to keep it blank???</p>
<p>PLEASE ADVISE ME!!!</p>
<p>I think its best you fill it in, If Choate and those other applications found out you lied, your in big trouble</p>
<p>If it is optional, don’t fill it in.</p>
<p>If it isn’t optional, you should fill them. </p>
<p>Even if you leave it blank, most schools know that a lot of people cast a wide net…so they might figure you lied.</p>
<p>You should fill out some, but you don’t need to pull all eight of your other schools.</p>
<p>If Choate is your first choice, this is the place to make that point, but you are under no obligation at any school to disclose any other school you are applying to. It is never “required.” You do not have to help any school determine who its competitors are for your precious body/tuition. Leave it blank if you don’t want to answer and move on.</p>
<p>thanks everyone!</p>
<p>If it is optional, then don’t fill it in unless you want to. However, if it is mandatory (it was on my application to Middlesex), FILL IT IN. You can get in serious ‘trouble’ if you don’t. Plus, they might have asked you in your interview as well. </p>
<p>Just fill it in. It will show that you are taking the process seriously by applying to many schools.</p>
<p>The schools will not be trying to ferret out if you listed all the schools you’re applying to on the application. They’re far too busy. </p>
<p>The experienced admissions officers could probably list the other schools you are applying to (or should be applying to). People get very paranoid about the “other schools you’re applying to” question, but I really don’t think listing all the schools makes any difference. If you are serious about going to boarding school, you should be applying to more than one school, and you should be applying to schools at which your grades, test scores, and interests “fit.”</p>
<p>I was asked this in all of my interviews. The ones earlier in the season, I got away with “I’m not sure yet, but I don’t want to put all my eggs in one basket…” but the December ones I said the second part and listed them. One school didn’t take my “I’m not sure,” as an answer, they really wanted a list.</p>
<p>The schools want to gauge yield. S1 was rejected by one school; it was the one w the highest admit rate among the ones he applied to.</p>
<p>I’ve told dd to be honest about this if asked. AND to be clear about what makes school X stand out for her. There is always something unique.</p>
<p>Fill it out honestly. Last year the Exeter AO asked me during my parent interview which schools my son was applying to. I named them - he told me they were all really selective schools, but that my son seemed well suited for them. 2 rejections, 4 wait lists and 1 admission came on March 10. :)</p>
<p>NMH asks the same question, and since it’s optional, I’m leaving it blank. If they ask me in person I will be totally honest with them. </p>
<p>#shamelessbump</p>
<p>Why do you think it is optional? Nowhere do I see that it is optional. It is about as optional as the other short answer questions. Bu I do see the certification at the end of the application: </p>
<p>“I certify that the information presented in my application is accurate, complete, and honestly presented. I also certify that, to the best of my knowledge, any information submitted on my behalf, including letters of recommendation, is authentic. I understand and agree that any intentionally inaccurate information, misleading information, or omission will, if discovered at a later date, be cause for recision of any offer of admission or for dismissal from the school.”</p>
<p>Note the part about omission.</p>
<p>Honesty is the best policy, when asked directly.</p>
<p>Wait, you’re right. Oops. I woulda caught that… thanks.</p>
<p>“Omission” in this case refers to leaving out information that is relevant to the school’s admissions team in making an accurate assessment of you as potential student and/or resident on their campus. If you had been expelled from a previous school for drug usage and omitted that information, you would be withholding information relevant to the admissions process. Leaving out a list of other schools you are applying to is not relevant to the admission’s process. If they discover “at a later date” that you applied to their rival school but did not disclose it, you will not be dismissed – see how ridiculous that is?</p>
<p>Sure, it can sound ridiculous. And you are perhaps correct that the “omission” part may only apply to certain, more weighty portions of the application. Encouraging our children to dissemble in the face of an uncomfortable question, however, is not a wise path, in my opinion. It’s really a mountain out of a molehill thing, but I think applicants are correct to question their motivation for not answering, and perhaps some of them will listen to that niggling inner voice that is telling them to simply answer the question and not try to come up with excuses to justify not answering. A lie of omission is no less a lie simply because it is masking a “lesser” truth.</p>
<p>I, for one, think it is ridiculous that they even ask the question. But they do, and in the end is is their application, on which they are entitled to ask (almost) whatever they please.</p>
<p>No dissembling. I’m simply saying that if you are uncomfortable answering, don’t. We didn’t.</p>