<p>So while filling out graduate school applications, I noticed this field that asks whether you've applied before, and if so, how you've improved since last time. What's the actual significance of this field? Do people actually go back and dig up your previous application to compare the two?</p>
<p>I was curious about the same thing. NYU asks if you have applied here before. Do they mean undergrad as well? Because I did, but I didn’t know if they meant only for graduate school.</p>
<p>Pretty sure they mean just for graduate school. Comparing undergraduate and graduate applications makes zero sense.</p>