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<p>This is a very interesting suggestion. Indeed, much of what you have written in your two replies to this thread is food for thought. But is it really a good idea for the student with the unusual medical condition (an interesting hypothetical case) to, on the one hand, build a college application list around the condition but, on the other hand, to not communicate that salient fact to college officials? </p>
<p>AFTER EDIT: Oh, and of course if a student really, truly thinks it is none of a college's business to ask where else an applicant is applying, the student can always say, "I'd rather not say" or even "It's none of your #!&^ business." The second answer would be an honest answer coming from a student who has that opinion (whether or not it would be expedient ;) ). But why should an applicant to Tufts, as mentioned earlier in the thread, be embarrassed to say he is applying to Harvard? Lots of people apply to Harvard--many more than get in, and it's no shame to apply to more than one college.</p>