Are all applicants competing in a pool against each other for admission?

<p>My question comes from the admissions system Washu has. Washu makes all applicants rank their schools by choice, so if I applied to the school of Arts and Sciences as my #1 choice, would I be only competing against others who put the A&S school as their #1 choice, or everyone?</p>

<p>So basically, is their an advantage to applying to one school over the other?</p>

<p>There is no advantage to applying to one college vs the others.
You are competing against all applicants.</p>