<p>I have gathered that the total number of applicants for the class of 2013 to all 8 ivies were 202942. 24142 were offered admission, which is about 12%.
I suppose many of these applicants apply to more than one college, so the real number of applicants is less. Does someone have a clue on the number of unique applicants ?</p>
<p>No. But if you are planning to use admissions with that you would also need the number of candidates that were offered admission to multiple schools. </p>
<p>I doubt whether anyone has that data. But I’m guessing that the average applicant applies to 2.5 Ivy League schools making for 81,176 candidates. </p>
<p>Now, if you did have the actual number, what would that tell you? After the realization, that it is quite competitive, does any other realization matter?</p>
<p>I concur with ctyankee. Most applicants don’t apply to just one Ivy League university,
so you can’t just add up the numbers. </p>
<p>To answer your question, we of course can’t be sure about these numbers, and I don’t really agree with the term ‘Unique Student’, but you can gather a lot of info from the
results threads. Most of the time it is not really a surprise that a student gets either rejected or admitted, since some students look like the average perfect student, the do not get in, others, although they might have some flaws, look more interesting, and consequently do get in. </p>
<p>Don’t think about it too much I think. Just write good essays, try your best in school, and try. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>