<p>does harvard and other ivies cross compare applicants?</p>
<p>No. Although there was the Princeton/Yale incident several years back. Princeton University admissions officials accessed student records from Yale University's online admissions system, leading to a Yale complaint to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 2002.</p>
<p>oh i see, and what else happened with that?</p>
<p>Yale sued Princeton, but I'm not exactly sure what happened. I believe they settled out of court, but Princeton did loose a lot of federal funding for the academic year for violating privacy acts. I remember Harvard commenting on how the behavior was typical of Princeton :P</p>
<p>Anyway, there is a lot of information on the internet regarding this event.</p>
<p>thanks for the reply</p>
<p>No problem :)</p>
<p>haha and i thought the ivies were all friends. lol princeton tries to look at yale's files, and harvard mocks princeton</p>
<p>i'm not sure this is a fair characterization of the events as they actually happened. after accessing a handful of yale accounts after the mailing of RD decisions, princeton announced at an annual meeting of ivy admissions officers that they had done so, warning yale that they should (naturally) require more than just a social security number for log-ins. rather than moving forward with such good advice, yale sat on the story for several months, then went to the FBI with it, as if they had discovered some secret transgression. not at all gentlemanly on their part, and the cause of some (allegedly) continuing tension between the two schools' administrations. (and as for the harvard mocking princeton bit, that's just pure fabrication.)</p>
<p>^^ Please back your statement up.</p>
<p>The Washington Post is my reference, as does CBS News.</p>
<p>As for Harvard not being surprised, that was not fabricated. Go to Google and type the following phrase:</p>
<p>"harvard not surprised" princeton hacks yale</p>
<p>My PM inbox is not full, thus I expect an apology immediately.</p>
<p>um, to answer the OP's question, yes, the Ivy Group will all find out if you were admitted to an Ivy early...if not, no</p>
<p>from your first link, awaiting:</p>
<p>"university officials learned of the security breach at an Ivy League deans' conference in June. A Princeton official casually mentioned that staff members had accessed students' records on Yale's admissions Web site"</p>
<p>oh, and i googled your "harvard not surprised" phrase, and the only article it turned up is the following, which doesn't even mention harvard in its body (i suspect that's why you didn't post the link yourself, but instead demanded that <em>i</em> find it).</p>
<p>so, don't hold your breath for any apology.</p>
<p>f.scott it's just that you make it sound as if Princeton admitted no guilt watsoever.</p>
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"Princeton issued an immediate apology and suspended its associate dean of admission."
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<p>i mean, if they had to fire someone(near the top), that's indicative of some foul/inappropriate conduct.</p>
<p>Eli, you mean if we applied somewhere early and got deferred, ALL of our RD colleges will know it??? assuming they're all Ivy?</p>
<p>so say someone applied EA to Harvard, and was deferred. then he decides to RD apply to Princeton. Will Princeton know that he applied early to Harvard?</p>
<p>No, I specifically said "admitted"</p>
<p>Who knows what goes on though, I don't pretend to be an expert</p>