<p>ok, i've been hearing a lot of different things. but here's my question. i heard that ivies share ur name at least in the application process. .. do they also share ur application with one another? specifically, i heard that if u apply to a majority of the ivies, u have a greater chance of being rejected bc they know u don't have a num. 1 school or they will admit you to the one ivy school that they think will fit you. </p>
<p>if this is true, then i will def. have to apply to only 3 or 4. . .and i really wanted to do harvard, princeton, and yale. . .and now i don't know. i also wanted to apply to cornell and dartmouth, bc i think i have a better chance getting into those schools. . .i'm so confused now bc this is rolling the dice right now. so i guess my final question is, do ivies share information, and will ur chances be lessened by applying to many ivies. or by applying to Harvard princeton and yale?</p>
<p>I had this very same question a while ago because I'm applying to all the Ivys and was thinking that this would look bad if they shared information. After thinking, i think it is highly doubtful that this is possible. In the first place, it would take a lot of time and would make the admissions process that much more difficult if each Ivy gave out the names of its applicants to each other Ivy and then decided on the applicants as a group. Second, if this was discovered, it would generate a major scandal that would threaten the Ivy League's prestige. Third, the Ivy's know that they are sharing applicants. They are the top schools. They're competing with each other. They're not going to collaborate to make decisions when each is trying to create the best applicant pool possible. I say dont worry, but it would be interested to hear other people's thoughts.</p>
<p>I wouldn't put anything so easily past any school. It doesn't really seem that bad, but I guess I'm just incredibly biased, as I'm only applying to two of the eight schools. I really can't imagine seriously considering attending all eight-- a few of them are so drastically different!</p>
<p>A lot of the problem here seems to be that prestige-chasing eats up the three to four spots that an applicant has under the "sharing theory." Since that (prestige-chasing) is a reality, however, applicants in that position are going to have to make the call themselves.</p>
<p>I'm sorry if I'm the type who prefers to leave his options open and not just automatically dump a school with great programs because its "too cold" or "too big." I'll make the choice after I see where I get in. I'd be pretty ****ed if the Ivys took it upon themselves to make the choice for me.</p>
<p>I know that for sports the Ivies share names of applicants. Someone who gets into Harvard EA as a recruited athlete isn't going to get into, say, Princeton RD (unless he/she talks to Princeton and tells them he isn't going to Harvard).</p>
<p>Sunglasses-I could be wrong. I was talking to my neighbor (graduated from Harvard a couple years ago), and he told me that he was waitlisted at Princeton because they assumed he was going to Harvard since he got in EA as a recruited athlete. He said that applying early to an Ivy as a recruited athlete was considered among the Ivies as applying ED (unless you spoke to the other coaches + told them otherwise). Maybe the policy has changed, or maybe he was wrong... I don't know.</p>
<p>Either way, when it comes to football, Ivies definitely do share names.</p>
<p>we need more responses ppl! Help, i have the same q...I am a junior in hs....</p>
<p>I really dun care about the size, climate, etc...I have lived in almost all types of places you can imagine...suburbs, urban, and rural areas...cold/hot/moderate. I can survive in all the ivy schools and still be happy...</p>
<p>I like to apply to them and THEN decide....so do they share stats and info???</p>
<p>It's reasonable to apply to a few Ivies, but applying to all of them may appear to be trophy-hunting. In other words, you run the risk of seeming like you don't have a comittment to one school in particular.</p>
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<p>I have heard that this is the case, and I'm pretty sure that the info came from a reliable source, although I do not remember what source at the moment...:p The ivies do share information, and when someone applies to every ivy, it probably seems to each individual school that there isn't a great probability that he/she will attend since he/she has so many other options. The schools may assume, "Oh, some other ivy will accept him-- he doesn't need us."</p>
<p>Generally if any school's adcoms feel there is a very low likelihood of you attending, they will be less likely to accept you. And I mean any school. I know someone who applied to several ivies and other top schools-- he was accepted to all of them but rejected from his so-called "safety school". Not because he wasn't qualified, but because the school realized that he was so over-qualified and had so many other options that he wouldn't go there even if he was admitted. The school could instead accept someone who would be more likely to attend.</p>
<p>I'm not saying you shouldn't apply to as many schools or as many ivies as you want. Sure some people are just looking to count their acceptances, but some have somehow lost their confidence and just want to get in somewhere, and still some (you guys here) are just undecided. It's important to keep your options open. And chances are if you do apply to every ivy and are qualified, you'll get in somewhere. But it may not be your ideal choice. So my suggestion is to try to narrow down your schools a little bit before you apply. Just my $0.02.</p>
<p>I don't believe the Ivies share lists of applicants. Colleges that have admitted applicants via binding ED programs may share the names of these admits with some other schools.</p>
<p>Other than students contractually committed via an ED contract, no applicant - including an athletic recruit, is "bound" to a single Ivy school - as they are not parties to the "Letter of Intent" program.</p>
<p>Dartmouth, say, may fully expect some recruited football player to enroll, but if they are unpleasantly surprised to get a note on April 15 (or July 15) telling them that the kid has changed his mind and is going to Penn .. there is nothing Dartmouth can do about it. </p>
<p>What Byerly said is correct. Otherwise, the Ivies don't share lists.
If applying to all of the Ivies reduces students' chances of getting into any, the reason probably is that the student would not have the focus/time to give the individual attention to each application that would make the application stand out. The Ivies differ from each other, and are proud of those differences. Students who seem to be applying simply to get the diploma of any Ivy aren't likely to be as well regarded as are students who have applied after careful consideration of the qualities of the college.</p>