<p>Oftentimes on CC, one poster or another may subscribe to an incorrect but prevalent idea regarding college admissions. I think it would be helpful to have a thread on which posters could identify common but unchallenged assumptions and have some of our more senior members identify them. This could be beneficial to all posters.</p>
<p>Or just answer the question I have! (this is basically my excuse to make a thread about it):</p>
<p>Does it really matter if more than one person applies from your school, particularly if the others are better fits and are accepted? Especially at relatively low-performing public schools that send few to ivies. I notice that colleges often publish statistics about how many different high schools their students hail from; is that a fun fact or a valued stat?</p>