Chances of a college admitting two applicants from the same school?

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<p>I'm just wondering how often a top-ranked university (Ivies and such) will admit two or more applicants from the same school. What are the factors involved? I would assume that if they were to admit two students, they'd be quite different from each other in terms of ECs, talents, etc., since it seems quite pointless to admit two students that are practically identical. </p>

<p>Does anyone have any experience or could shed some light on this? Have two or more students from your school ever been admitted to the same university? If so, what were the two like?</p>

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<p>This year, 3 people got accepted from Harvard from my school, so I guess it doesn't really matter. Though Ivies and such probably won't admit like 15 people from the same school.</p>

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<p>Depends on size and location I guess. </p>

<p>From personal experience, yes. I go to a school in Iowa that is pretty big for being in Iowa (2000 kids). It's a good school and arguable one of, if not THE, best school academically (we're good at the "prep' sports, but our football team only won two games last season...oii) in Iowa. </p>

<p>Last year, though, we had 1 Yale, 1 Harvard, 1 Princeton, 2 Stanford, 3-5 Cornell, 5-10 UPenn etc. (hahah, don't know specific numbers for non HYPS..heh). So it IS possible. ; ) They were all very different people, though many of the UPenn people were some of my least favorite people in our senior class (documented cheating, brown nosing etc), heh.</p>

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<p>It really depends on what type of school you go to. Obviously, the really elite high schools admit several students to selective schools every year. I met a girl recently who goes to a Silicon Valley high school and she mentioned that a bunch of students get admitted to Princeton and Stanford each year.</p>

<p>For public high schools...it's not impossible, but is probably unlikely. My high school was a public school ranked nationally around the mid-300s. It's a near miracle for anyone to get accepted to HYPMS, and we haven't had any double-admits in recent years. This year, however, myself and one other person both got into Columbia.</p>

<p>Basically, he's a URM (though I don't think that had much to do with it...)who got an IB Diploma, is really good at psychology, and has some pretty cool EC's like leading a group for raising academic performance of african american males (it's hard to explain, but it's seriously about the coolest thing ever). I think he's good at sports, too, but I don't remember what he does in that area.</p>

<p>I'm a white female, also an IB graduate, my passions are Japanese and philosophy, I've taught English in Japan, my test scores were good, I do archery, and I led several clubs in high school.</p>

<p>In my opinion, we are two of the most different students that you could have. Our passions are totally different, and thus our focuses are too. </p>

<p>But...I think that when you're talking about an Ivy admitting two students, they probably have to stand out in individual ways and fit the school, regardless of their high school origin. I really don't think there's a limit on how many students they'll admit from one school - the limitation comes more from the high school opportunities that have molded the students. </p>

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<p>Did that make any sense?</p>

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<p>My experience is that if multiple individuals really shine, the unspoken "caps" really don't hold. The HS near my home had four Yale admits two years ago. Really an anomaly. The top performing urban HS in the large nearby city, this past year, had three Yale admits. No others from the city were admitted I believe. Individuals really count it seems.</p>

<p>Hanajima's citing similar opportunities at the same HS probably factor most in this equation. I concur 100%</p>

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<p>my public high school had 2 accepted to Harvard, at least 2 at Princeton and Brown, several got into Penn don't know the number and 10 got into Cornell(including me :)). I think only one got into yale and columbia. One of the Harvard and one of the Princeton peeps may have gotten into others aswell don't know since I only know where they were going not where else they got in, and I have no clue about Dartmouth, the other person who got into Princeton also got into and is going to Stanford(I know not an ivy, but close enough). The yale person was scea and afaik they didn't apply anywhere else, but they probably would have gotten in since they had absolutely amazing stats. Naviance stopped working for me a week or so ago so I can't be any more exact.</p>

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<p>Hanajima, that made total sense! Thanks for posting! </p>

<p>See, every school is different. There is no "quota."</p>

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<p>@kingofqueens: It's totally possible to have more than 15 acceptances to one top tier college. As Hanajima Arashi explained, it depends on your high school. My high school had 19 Cornell, 18 Northwestern, and 17 WashU acceptances. At least 2 students were admitted to each Ivy and MIT, but none for Stanford. A student could have multiple acceptances.</p>

<p>I've always had a feeling that a quota exists for each high school although the universities never say it. How else is my high school always sending at least 6 people to Harvard, but rarely any to Princeton or Stanford?</p>