<p>Our class is a pretty strong class, so every top college gets lots of applications from my school this year. I'm wondering if colleges (PomonaC here) have a limit (of course, an approximate instead of a definite one) to the number of students they accept from the same school?</p>
<p>Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks!</p>
<p>When D (Pomona '09) applied, three of her classmates also applied (out of a class of 1,960+). She applied EDI as did one other classmate, and thought that she had no chance of getting accepted since she felt the other classmate was a much stronger candidate. Well, admissions does look at who else is from your school is applying, but when reviewing apps, actually compares you to the entire applicant pool. I don’t believe they set an actual limit on the number they will accept from the same school, but of course, they do aim for diversity and accepting students from a variety of schools does help.</p>
<p>Long story short, both she and the other EDI applicant were accepted. As for the other two who applied RD, one was accepted, and the other was rejected.</p>
<p>Hope that helps, and good luck!</p>
<p>From my D’s class, I believe either 2 of 3 or 2 of 4 who applied ED got in. For both her older brother’s and her class, there were probably 20 or so who applied in total. I think 6 or 7 got in each time. So yes, I think it can be a problem if your school is one where about 15% of the students apply, but otherwise, I wouldn’t worry about it. As Little Mother said, they want to spread it around, but there don’t seem to be any quotas per school.</p>