<p>IE, if they admit a person from one high school, does that decrease the chances of anyone else from that high school getting in? (I'm talkign about upper level universities... Northwestern, Georgetown, Cornell, etc.)</p>
<p>I've never heard of it. Remember, though, that you will be compared to other applicants from your school. If other applicants took full AP or IB schedules and you didn't, that would obviously decrease your chances. However, that still has nothing to do with "capping" admittances at a particular school.</p>
<p>My HS sent 5 seniors to John Hopkins ED last year.</p>
<p>If you are qualified, you will be admitted. If you are not, you won't. Don't spend time stressing over things you cannot control.</p>
<p>I interview for an HYP. Two years ago, my district HS admitted four -- a statistical miracle given our >10% admit rate. Historically, they might have one/two every other year or so. I have to think that it was a coincidence of four very qualified individuals.</p>
<p>My kids high schools often have 6 or more to each ivy. It's deceptive because many are always legacies. Let's face it, they wouldn't be very diverse if they took many from each school so unless the high school is a 'feeder' filled with legacies or churns out athletes, top schools are going to limit the number.</p>
<p>I know that Bowdoin College in Maine does because a bunch of kids from my school applied or are applying there. They cap it to 5 kids from each school... and that includes legacies/athletes/whatever else...</p>
<p>I'm sure they have some sort of "limit" but it's generally not a hard and fast rule and its usually done among socioeconomic and geographic lines than just school lines.</p>
<p>No, if you look at the feeder schools there definitely is not a cap. At least 20 kids from each class getting into all the ivies + MIT, Caltech, Stanford? No cap...</p>
<p>depends on the college and school talked about, but at some colleges there definitely is a cap.. not something to worry about for an individual applying anywhere, though.. because it's not like the cap is rigid</p>
<p>I doubt it, but I know NU compares you to the rest of your school.</p>
<p>You are compared to the others applying from your school and in many cases to others from your region so there is a de facto limitation, but not a quota. it's more elastic. Also in my experience it doesnt matter whether the other admittees are athletes or not they still limit the number of other applicants that can get in from that school. </p>
<p>In response to hmom, legacy status is not what it used to be (unless you have bought a building for the school recently). The traditional, self-proclaimed "feeder" school for the Ivies have been sucking wind for the past 2-3 years as the numbers of admittees from these schools continues to drop. Some alliances still exists such as Roxbury Latin, which has had long-standing ties with Harvard at the Donor / trustee level. But Parents paying big bucks for Dalton, Brearly et al assuming that will result in a harvard admision are being sorely disappointed.</p>
<p>^ Though a caveat is that going to a well known prep school has some advantages. As in, great college counseling services, more flexibility with grades (rank has less meaning), adcoms know your school well, etc. But yes, don't expect, if you go to a prep school, to be a shoe-in for HYP</p>