ED to the same school as my URM/recruited/legacy classmates - Help!

Applying to College
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<p>I planned to ED to Penn, but several of my friends (with similar preferences) also are applying there ED! </p>

<p>Don't get me wrong - it'd be wonderful if we could all attend the same college. Unfortunately, my school has historically received 0-2 acceptances from Penn each year...so I doubt we'd all get accepted.</p>

<p>Though my grades/scores are slightly higher and we have different extracurricular niches, I simply cannot compete with them! They are URMs, recruited athletes, and legacies; I embody the "anti-hook" (Asian, suburban, upper-middle class, from California, etc.) </p>

<p>With several "hooked" classmates gunning for Penn, are my chances down the drain? Should I just move on and forget about Penn?</p>

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<p>You may as well drop out of high school now, your life is automatically over seeing as your not going to Penn</p>

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<p>Colleges don’t limit a certain amount of students from a single high school. Whether or not your peers are accepted or rejected will have little effect on your own acception or rejection.</p>

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<p>Just apply and see. You just need to do something in your application to stand out. I think legacy has an edge in ED. You may get deferred to RD where legacy does not apply.</p>

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<p>Penn can take you all or reject you all. They aren’t operating under some quota or goal to accept only 2 per year.</p>