<p>I just heard there was a record number of applicants this year--- 29,000!!!!! WOW</p>
<p>^ yeah, join the crowd.</p>
<p>I've braced myself for rejection from Ivies, if one accepts me I'll consider myself blessed.</p>
<p>same here...it would be amazing if I got into any :D</p>
<p>time to start networking with the right people</p>
<p>Ambitious, with 29000 applicants, you're either physically on the AdCom or it won't matter.</p>
<p>Maybe if your mother is, too, but you have to be the first born.</p>
<p>^ lol</p>
<p>It's not that big of a deal even if you do get accepted at H. Your life will not automatically start being perfect.</p>
<p>^^ grade inflation helps</p>
<p>Hey Amadeuic, you'd be surprised how much a professor and few words in a reference letter can sway the dean of admissions... if i was rich, id send in a check with an enclosed letter to the dean... but im not... money=education...</p>
<p>In all seriousness, Ambitious, does that help a lot?</p>
<p>I don't think that a school with an endowment of 25+ billion would be willing to risk their reputation over even a one million dollar donation.</p>
<p>yeah you would have to buy them a new library for them to think twice.</p>