<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>This topic has been beaten to death. Ivies don't talk to each other, applying to one wils not decrease your chances in another. That's absurd and parnoic donchathink?</p>
<p>ohhhhhh, mm'k I get it now. 'cause for about 2400 seconds I was completely lost. THanks, spanks. Leave it to randomgr to mess with my mind. Good times.</p>
<p>I suggest you apply to 3 ivies, 4 tops. They all differ so greatly that, unless you're in it for the prestige (which becomes less important when you're actually an enrolled student involved in daily life there), it's virtually impossible to love all 7 ivies equally. You should choose a few ivies, based on courses offered, atmosphere, student life, facilities, professors... and you should definitely apply to some safety schools too.</p>
<p>I got zilch! Ahhh! Actually, I think it had something to do with my drunken statement (I mean, I had to have been drunk to have made it) in November that "no one needs to get me anything if I get into Princeton. That'll be enough." Ha! Yeah, that was rich. Anyways, I'm ordering stuff online next week, so I suppose I'll have some Happy New Year presents (that'll be a first!). Suh-weet!</p>
<p>"no one needs to get me anything if I get into Princeton. That'll be enough."
I only said that on CC...I wasn't ABOUT to let my parents hear the words. =)</p>
<p>A friend of my mom is on the Dartmouth AdCom(I'm not applying there) and he said that they do in fact share applications with other ivy league schools. He said that applying to more than 3 schools greatly decreases your chances of getting in.</p>
<p>Well if they do share files, why was the LeMenager admissions case (where the Princeton adcom hacked into Yale's applicant database system) such a big deal? </p>
<p>If an applicant does not give the school explicit permission to share their information publicly, then where is the ethicality in the Ivies sharing files? Please do ask your mom's friend that one. I'm sure someone could legally sue if applying to more than three Ivies does in fact "greatly decrease your chances."</p>