<p>This is my pet theory... plan that I've been turning over in my mind.</p>
<p>I am the salutatorian of my school. The valedictorian is brilliant academically, far more so than I am; I will admit that... as much as it pains me to acknowledge his cheating butt. I don't think we have terrible chances at ivies. (But then again, it is the ivies.) Good scores, strong ECs, although we are rather typical -- he is that "brown" science/math guy, planning to go into the medical field, working as a researching assistant at a university for the summer, etc., while my life revolves around art. (I plan to major in art.) I want to take the liberty to say that I stand out more in terms of ECs. </p>
<p>I am pretty sure he will be applying to mostly ivies, and so am I. His dream school is Stanford. My dream school is Yale. </p>
<p>Our school is not fancy, just your average suburban school. High middle class, I would say. A few go to ivies each year, but I doubt any of them would pick any more than a single student from the same school in this case. </p>
<p>Would it be ridiculous if I proposed him a deal asking him to abstain from applying to Yale in exchange of me not applying to Stanford? I know, some of you are thinking, oh my god is this girl serious, but I actually... am seriously considering this.</p>
<p>Augh. I just wanna wake up one day and find out that I'm in college. The prospects are already getting kinda stressing and I haven't even started looking at my apps... :(</p>