<p>The Common App does not show the other school information. </p>
<p>If you apply for Financial Aid you have to list 10 schools at a time and the schools on that list can see the entire list of 10 schools. If you apply to more than ten schools, you can make two different lists. </p>
<p>Apparently, almost every interviewer will ask in a roundabout way which other schools you applied to. You can decline the question but so many just answer the question because it feels awkward to not answer a question. I think you should give a short list of complimentary schools. Yale and Harvard make sense. Williams and Amherst. </p>
<p>Also, a girl I know applied to two small northeastern private schools Early Decision - which is against the rule for each school. Well, one school called the girl and told her that they were removing her application because they found out that she had also applied to the other school ED. The schools shared information between themselves. Fortunately, she was accepted at the other school ED.</p>