<p>please remove this post</p>
<p>You are assuming the acceptance by different Ivies are independent events. Indeed, if you are not qualified, you may be rejected by multiple Ivies. If you are a highly qualified students, you may be accepted by several. It is not really a lottery like many people think.</p>
<p>please remove this post</p>
<p>Your chance of being accepted isn’t the same as the acceptance rate. It’s not random.</p>
<p>please remove this post.</p>
<p>Please think before starting a thread.</p>
<p>I am closing rather than deleting because even though you subsequently deleted the OP, members took the time to answer our question.</p>