Does it hurt to apply to multiple Ivy's?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Dartmouth College
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<p>My daughter is going to Dartmouth and is thrilled. That said, and for the sake of my son in the future, I wonder if there is a bias against students who apply to multiple Ivy's. The reason I suspect there might be is the fact that colleges seem to be concerned about their yield, i.e. the percentage of acceptees who enroll. Students who are accepted to multiple Ivy's will reduce the yield at the schools they don't attend. Anyone have any data on this?</p>

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<p>Personally in my school I was accepted to 4 ivys, one kid was accepted to 6, and another was accepted to 3. My school is a big feeder to the ivy league and it seemed like if kids either got into most of the ivys they applied to (not including HYP which was devastating to my school this year with only me and 2 other urm's getting in out of about 30 who applied) or they werent accepted to any of them at all. I doubt that ivys share applicant names especially since they seem so competitive with each other</p>

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<p>Yeah, no one knows if you apply to one or eight Ivies. All Dartmouth knows is that you applied to Dartmouth...your son would have to supply any additional information.</p>

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<p>I think I read a post, can't remember which thread, which suggested that there might have been sharing of information among the Ivies in the past. Also, some applications ask where else you are applying.</p>

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<p>well handsonthedash is a friend of mine, and is from a small town in California. He applied to 5 ivies and got into 5 ivies. He didn't try for Harvard, Columbia, or Brown. And he's not from an ivy feeder, so I agree- it doesn't matter where you apply to.</p>

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<p>anecdotal evidence</p>

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<p>In the WAY back past, there was sharing of financial aid offers, but that's a long while ago. You may be recalling a thread about how schools would know if you applied single-choice EA or ED to more than one school.</p>