<p>I was going to submit more applications during the break, and was wondering if the Ivy League Schools know if you apply to more than 3 of them. If so, would they scold you and lose confidence and probably not accept you?</p>
<p>do you have any idea what you want in a school or are you completely lost?</p>
<p>Yeah, are you just applying to Ivies for the heck of it? Do you have any idea what you want, or are you just going for the name?</p>
<p>Oh yeah, that's pretty important. I got rejected from Yale, and it was my first choice. I want to go to medical school and major in some type of biology in undergrad, but want a pretty interesting experience where I will meet a number of people. I'm not applying to them for the heck of it, but I guess that my interests are so big that I haven't really decided exactly if I want to double major or anything like that. At this point, I'm applying to Harvard because they have the best medical school in the nation, Princeton because, well, I wasn't really decisive about it, and just applied, but everything except for the applcation has been sent, like transcripts and letters and stuff, but I don't know if I really want to go there, and then there's MIT because their biomedical engineering program is incredible, and Columbia because it has an awesome medical school and plus, it's in New York. I think that I might as well drop Princeton, because I haven't really been interested, and they can just throw away the other stuff, because it doesn't really matter. What do you think I should do? Do you think the schools will scold me or be discouraged for applying to more than 3, even though I was already rejected from Yale?</p>
<p>They won't care. I know people who are applying to more than 3 Ivies. It just seems that many people on CC only apply to the Ivies because they are Ivies, when there are plenty of really great, if not better, non-brand name schools out there.</p>
<p>wait - ivies know if youre applying to other ivies?</p>
<p>I'm applying to three myself: Cornell, Dartmouth and Yale.</p>
<p>I would really really ecstatically love it if I can get into Cornell, while I would be just very happy if I'm able to get into Dartmouth. However, Yale: 1) I nevereverever expect to have a smidgeon of a chance. Any chance whateversoever. I expect an automatic REJECT stamp upon my application. 2) I would never have even thought about applying there unless my counselor and parents urged me to at least try applying, cause "well! you never know!". -_- 3) I know I'm an automatic Yale reject.</p>
<p>I guess that's the question I need answering? Does anyone know of ivies know that you applied to other ivies?</p>
<p>I meant to say "if" ivies know you applied to other ivies</p>
<p>you do know there are other colleges right?</p>
<p>yes, but we were just wondering. as a fact.</p>
<p>I don't know if the Ivies know about your other applications, but I would assume that they do not-- it might even be considered to be a form of business collusion....or at best an invasion of privacy..
They probably have far too much work sorting out the 10,000 applictions they each get to worry about other schools' applications.....
But then again, you never know...what with supercomputers...
I was very surprised when Harvard sent an application to my daughter after her PSAT results came in-- I never recall signing any release of her information to anyone..... And then I got a call from an Army recruiter for her -- seems even the pentagon is "watching.." a kid's every move !!! This "spying" is getting kinda scary....</p>
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<p>there is a check box on the exam form asking your D if she wants to be considered for "opportunities" based on her scores. the rest is straight up marketing.</p>
<p>If you apply RD, the list of colleges you are applying to are on the FAFSA which if you are applying to a need aware/need sensistive school, they may see where else you are applying. Since the ivies are "need blind" the admissions and financial aid office are in 2 separate places so this does not happen. </p>
<p>The Ivies do share information especially concerning SCEA and ED applications where if a student violates the agreements, they would most likely be rejected or have the admission rescinded.</p>
<p>thanks, sybbie
I guess I didn't see the check box.....The whole thing seems a bit feudal but I guess that is how it works..... She had her grades and scores sent to Harvard, but she doesn't want to apply-- thinks its too much of a long shot, even with a 34 ACT, but her 2160 is low for Harvard....despite SAT IIs in the mid to high 700s.<br>
Anyway, I am happy to save the $75 fee!</p>
<p>sybbie719, resist the urge to apply to Yale - it's a total waste of money (if you have no chance). Many people told me to apply to MIT and Harvard just because I scored well on the SAT - but they're uninformed. I did apply to Cornell ED (Engineering) and got in. Good luck with Cornell. Did you apply early and get deferred, or haven't applied yet? If the former, you should apply to less selective schools.</p>
<p>All the ivies are great for biology and pre-med. Biology is supposedly one of Cornell's specialties.</p>
<p>So you are applying to some of these schools because they have good graduate programs? That seems pretty dumb...</p>
<p>Four years from now, there's a good chance that 1) you will have totally changed your mind and no longer want to be a doctor and an even better chance that 2) even if you still want to be a doctor, you'll want a change of scenery (IE not going to Harvard or Columbia for 8 straight years). </p>
<p>You should really check out Johns Hopkins or Duke for Biomedical engineering as well if that's what you are interested in.</p>
<p>Ivy schools do NOT have any idea if you are applying to other Ivy league schools. They don't share information.<br>
Ashernm, what were your stats? I'm applying to Cornell Engineering reg. decision.</p>
<p>Okay, I'd say apply to schools with good pre-med that will offer you a great undergraduate experience, forget about the quantity of Ivies.</p>
<p>I'd say that anyone who is applying to both Columbia and Dartmouth/Cornell needs to sit down and think out their logic.</p>
<p>For instance, Princeton can be limiting in terms of exploration of majors if your attending just for the heck of it and have no clue what you want. You can't double major and you can't just jump around from biology, to music, to international affairs if you so please.</p>
<p>Have you tried looking at Stanford, Johns Hopkins, or even Wellesley and Amherst? The Ivies aren't exactly the definitive best schools in the country like you seem to believe. Try looking at somes of those schools above.</p>
<p>It's in your message box live-.</p>
<p>ashernm,</p>
<p>It was alright then that asked for your stats, not me, lol. I got into Cornell Engineering ED too ;)</p>