<p>can the colleges see what other schools you have sent your scores to?</p>
<p>No. They cannot.</p>
<p>I actually thought of this. If they can see that...but I'm glad they can't.</p>
<p>I don't think that other schools know who you send the (same test date) score reports to. </p>
<p>However, my son got an e-mail from XXXXX University before he even applied to that read: </p>
<p>"I can see from the Common Application web site that you have listed XXXXX in your My Colleges list. We are very excited about the prospect of receiving an application from you and I wanted to offer a few tips to facilitate the process for you:"</p>
<p>In this situation, I wonder if the all the colleges that you place on "My College List" can see the other schools that are being considered, AND the status of each of the applications my son has sent. </p>
<p>Does anyone know for sure?</p>
<p>It's probably all that marketing the CollegeBoard does when you give them your email on the PSAT.</p>
<p>It's great that I have Ivy Leagues and other great colleges sending me stuff because I did well on the PSAT sophomore year. However, it gets annoying after a while, especially with all those colleges I wouldn't even dream of attending.</p>
<p>When you sign-up to begin filling out the Common App you are given a choice whether to allow colleges to which you're thinking of applying to know that they're on your short list. Colleges don't see your application until you submit it but if you have allowed colleges to be informed that they're on your short list Common App informs them. The colleges do not know which other colleges are on your list, only that they're on your list. None of the colleges know the status of your application to any other colleges.</p>
<p>Thanks dntw8up for the info.</p>
<p>Not only don't colleges know, but they don't care about applications to other colleges.</p>
<p>BigIs,</p>
<p>I am sure the Ivies do care if you apply among the ivies.</p>
<p>Not until they've decided they want you and the issue becomes what types of inducements you've been offered to attend other institutions.</p>
<p>Colleges will care about your amount of applications. If I apply to 30 colleges, I'm pretty sure the admissions officers of more than a few colleges will not accept me because I have applied for so many colleges.</p>
<p>I know that I am stretching it, but the more colleges you apply to, the less the college admissions officers think of your commitment to get into their schools.</p>
<p>From post #56</p>
<p>My Colleges and pre-submission email </p>
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<p>mtpaper, jym626, guitars101, and other concerned applicants:</p>
<p>When you add a college to the My Colleges list on the Common App Online, that institution sees you as an in-progress applicant for their institution. As an in-progress applicant: </p>
<p>» The institution cannot see the any data from your Common App until you submit the Common App to that institution.</p>
<p>» No member institution can see what colleges and universities are on your My Colleges list at any time. Only the applicant can see this information.</p>
<p>» An institution can send email to you if you are an in-progress applicant for that institution, unless you have opted-out by answering "No" to the "I wish to receive emails from colleges before submission of my application" question on registration/account page.</p>
<p>I hope this answers some of the concerns expressed.</p>
<p>Best,</p>
<p>MacGyver
Common App support</p>