<p>Lets say your school isn't a magnet or a specialized school but a good high school. A top college like Cornell cannot take that many kids in a specific year from the same school right?</p>
<p>In a word, NO. I know schools, small ones that have gotten 9 kids (10% of the class) into Yale or Harvard or other such school. I know a school this year where about that many and % got into Stanford. Some years no kids get into any of those particular colleges. There are school around here where nearly a quarter of the class gets into Cornell.</p>
<p>Chances are far better if no one else from your HS applies to said school. I don’t care what is said, that is FACT.</p>
<p>I do not believe that.</p>
<p>Agreed that the answer is no. There are many examples of HUGE numbers of students from one high school going to one college, even a really a splendid college, and college admission officers confirm that they have one hard quota (the size of the entering class) but no quotas for how many students come from each high school.</p>
<p>Its more of them taking x students from y region.</p>
<p>^ agree with above.</p>
<p>However, the more people that apply…the more people from a SPECIFIC location they have to compare with one another…meaning, you have more competition specific to yourself. That means, if you were the only one applying from your school, you might get in because they have no one else to compare you to, while if there were others who applied too, they would compare you somewhat to your peers and lessen your own chances. </p>
<p>of course, they will tell you they don’t, but this is only common sense.</p>