Do colleges limit the number of acceptances from one high school?

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<p>Hey there,</p>

<p>Well, someone told me that colleges limit the number of acceptances the give for every one high school. I go to a school of about 300 kids, half juniors and half seniors, and two people were accepted into NYU early decision already. Off the top of my head, I can think of five other kids including myself who are applying regular decision.<br>
Do colleges really limit the number of acceptances per highschool? This seems far-fetched to me. Why would they do that? But all the same, I can't stop worrying about it now!</p>

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<p>This is an oft-repeated question. The search function on this forum works pretty well.</p>

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<p>Sorry, I just joined the site today. I’ll remember that in the future.</p>

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<p>Welcome. To answer your question: no quotas. Individuals will always trump anything else. 2 years ago, my area HS admitted four to my HYP alma mater despite the fact they usually have 1-2 admits per year. It was a huge statistical anomaly – those four kids must have really been something else.</p>

<p>Plus, why would anyone generate a limit per school? Top students are hard to find anyways – why impose a ceiling? What would it serve?</p>

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<p>9 kids got into Harvard early from my school this year, probably a few more will get in regular </p>

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<p>My D goes to a small high school with 60 seniors; my D and a classmate were both accepted ED to the same Ivy this year while many students in our greater geographic area were not accepted. And this was the first time anyone from our high school was accepted at that Ivy. </p>

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Public Us will frequently put quotas on admits from schools because they have to serve the entire state. That’s why UT has a 7% rule and it’s extremely hard to get into UVA from Northern VA.</p>

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<p>Texas public schools that admit primarily by class rank effectively limit the number of admits from any one high school.</p>