<p>How much does other kids applying for your same school hurt you? For example, in my school, one kid applying is a Questbridge finalist w/ Stanford as first choice and one is a legacy at Stanford and is applying early action.</p>
<p>Legacy has higher gpa, 2200 sat, more ec involvement, summer activities but QB finalist has 2300 sat, lower gpa, less ec involvement, but can write brilliantly, is considered a genius in my school, and is first generation.</p>
<p>The school only has 25 seniors and both of these two are applying (early and through QB for one) from an underrepresented state. </p>
<p>How will these two applicants hurt each other's chances?</p>
<p>They won’t. Each application will be considered on its own merits. Stanford will consider what each applicant will bring to the campus, and choose accordingly…from the entire group of 20000+ applicants.</p>
<p>But would they really admit two kids from a state where they usually only admit 2-3 kids from the same tiny school? It seems like they would pick one or the other!</p>
<p>Your fear of the college feeling the need to “spread the wealth” is predicated on the false premise that somehow, they feel they need to curry favor with other high schools by setting some quota at yours. Stanford doesn’t. They will admit whom they want. They don’t care what high schools feelings get hurt. They want great applicants – all from one school, all spread through different schools – or none at all if no one catches their attention.</p>
<p>If you get in or not, it won’t be because there are two others from your school that have applied. Good luck to you</p>