<p>fyi - there are privacy issues that colleges need to consider when sharing info. A school can share ED acceptances as that student is no longer a candidate for admission for other schools. A bunch of the top tier schools were sued about 20 years ago for sharing info on applicants and now can not share info about applicants still under consdieration (it is considered restraint of trade working against the applicant). I'm not sure how schools could legally share SCEA status before the RD decisions come out ... but they could at that time and rescind admission at that time.</p>
<p>3togo -- If I recall correctly, the lawsuit you mention had to do with sharing financial aid offers for collusive purposes. There is no legal problem with sharing names of ED admits – no potential conspiracy involved there. Sharing names of SCEA admits would also appear not to involve collusion, although in theory it could harm a student. (Student applies to Yale EA and Stanford RD. Student gets into Yale EA. Yale shares info with Stanford to make sure there has been no violation of the SCEA agreement. Stanford rejects student because it believes student will attend Yale. Unlikely, but possible, I suppose.) Did the lawsuit preclude colleges from sharing any and all information about students with live applications?</p>
<p>That was exactly what I was asking. If Yale admits a student SCEA, then shares that info with Harvard, Princeton, etc., which have RD and not ED or SCEA, that does not appear to be fair to the student.</p>
<p>^^The names of SCEA admits would only need to be shared among schools that students could conceivably apply to in violation of the SCEA rules, i.e., schools that use some form of REA or EA. In addition to Y, the likely candidates are Stanford, MIT, Caltech, U of Chicago, Georgetown, maybe Notre Dame and Boston College. Since neither H nor P has any form of early admissions, there would be no reason for Yale to share the names of SCEA admits with those schools. (It’s possible, though, that if a violator were uncovered, his/her name might spread through the network informally.)</p>
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<p>Because it builds their ego and reputation, and it acts as a substitute for ED - they don't want to look less than their peers, H&P who both don't have ED, right?</p>
<p>I say this because I feel it when I think of the colleges.
They do have lists and they go back and forth. I have a strong feeling that the Ivies have a list scanner. I know that because they have AN IVY STATEMENT. They are not just sport conference related, they have made it a point to build a student who will play sports without the burden of losig a scholarship. You see, the main thing is that these Ivies rule the world. Who are you to try to joke with them? Then their list is done, and then they pass it to their fellow colleges too. Why would you want to cheat and get another qualified student out of Yale or MIT's way? Do not try, if you are reading or if you want to attempt it. It is not worth it.
OH! One more. If you break the rules form Yale, it is only an email or a call away from Dartmouth, Cornell, Brown, Penn, Columbia, Harvard and Princeton. Your name and zip code will do the trick. Nobody has time to serve a dishonest king. When in times one finds it important to rescind applications, we find it true and self evident that we are right!</p>
<p>MIT has the same acceptance rate in the early and regular decision rounds, so it would not advantage you to apply there early if you are also seriously considering Yale. Just apply to Yale early, unless MIT is absolutely your first choice, because it doesn't really gain you anything, even if you get away with it. </p>
<p>i say this aside from the fact that it is unethical.</p>
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Did the lawsuit preclude colleges from sharing any and all information about students with live applications?
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my understanding is it limits discussion about both applications and financial aid ... that understanding is not real deep though ... from info in articles and on CC about the case.</p>
<p>So, if I know a person who applied to MIT and Yale EA, and got accepted to both, would it be right to do anything about that?</p>
<p>Which is why you started this thread in the first place. It has come full circle, hasn't it.</p>
<p>Lmao. Is the person a troll?</p>
<p>I don't think you should do anything about it. But it depends on the type of person you are... are you the type of person to report a cheater if you saw him/her cheating? I don't think I am, but if the person was a troll... I'd probably do it.</p>
<p>I think I certainly spawned quite a few pages. lol</p>
<p>Yes you did.</p>