<p>Recently, I realized that a lot of people are applying in my school to CMC. I understand results are coming. I was wondering if all the colleges compare you to the other candidate sfrom your school? (this may be a "common sense" question)</p>
<p>All colleges will tell you that they assess each application on its own merit. Think of it as picking sides for a team; you’re going to want to get the best players on your squad regardless or where they come from. In that sense it shouldn’t matter that there are “a lot” of people applying from any one school.</p>
<p>No, it won’t matter. You will be judged on your own merits. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Sorry, I disagree. For one, the geographical factor alone would impose a limit on the number of admits.</p>
<p>It really depends… My room mate started getting obsessed over who else was applying to one of his top choices, and I started to think about it… I believe that candidates are selected for more specialized reasons than accepted students from some other schools(Making this especially true). If you are a star musician and writer and you find out that the entire Calculus III class is applying to a university you want to attend… It doesn’t affect you because you guys are basically entirely different in the eyes of an admissions officer. Geography really doesn’t affect it… The fact is that if you grow up in Trenton NJ you are probably going to apply to Princeton, if you grow up in New Haven you’ll probably apply to Yale and if you live in California you’ll apply to Berkeley, CMC, Stanford, Pomona or Cal Tech. That is why there are some allusions over geography, it is just because more people hear about schools if they are in a closer proximity to them. </p>
<p>So, if you aren’t in the same mold as a student applying from your school it doesn’t matter… I don’t believe that a student from the same school of the same mold hurts your chances beyond the fact that they know much more about your school and the type of students the school produces.</p>