<p>I was wondering if it makes any difference on how many people apply from a single high school to a particular top tier university? I know that at my school, we have 1 EDer and 2 RDers ) including me) who are applying to a top tier private university and i was just wondering if that has any effect in admissions.</p>
<p>same ^^^^^</p>
<p>The admissions people say "no" but they are always told to say the answers people want to hear... (the happy, optimistic stuff) </p>
<p>They might not want to take too many from a single region, unless the applicants are stellar in my opinion. Unless you are from a super feeder school that is...</p>
<p>my school isnt a super feeder school but it has a great rep with this top tier university sp they love students who apply from my school. Im just kinda worried because i know ive done all the things to show that im very interested in the school (done an interview, campus visit/tour, interview session, talk to a student, etc.) and ive got the stats/ec's so i don't know.</p>
<p>Don't worry about it.</p>
<p>You'll get in if you're good. Don't worry at all.</p>
<p>Don't worry about it much but if you get in and no one else does- people will make a real stink about it.
My year, a lot of people applied to Duke (I come from a Northeastern area where Duke isn't seen as good as the Ivies) and people (who weren't very qualified) were getting waitlisted or rejected and people were like, "Oh, Duke only wanted to take two people this year." Aargh!! The year before that, Duke took five people from my school- all really smart people.</p>
<p>^duke took like ten kids from my school last year, a lot of them were the crazy smart kids who surprisingly ended up as ivy-rejects and so ended up "settling" for duke. i think at least 3-4 of them ended up attending.</p>
<p>^Dartmouth took 7 students from the class of 2008 at my school.</p>
<p>A couple of years ago, our public hs admitted 6 to H, 6 to P and 6 to S. I sensed that having multiple applicants was helpful, in that it directed adcoms to take a closer look at the school. But that was just my personal impression.</p>
<p>I wouldn't even concern myself with it. Too many other things to worry about.</p>
<p>It could hurt chances, but probably not much. Although sometimes it's no fun if the students applying as well have a low GPA, compared to your high GPA.... and both of you get accepted.</p>
<p>well the 3 people (including me) who are applying have very different characteristic- one student is a cheerleader and cheated up into the class rank, one is a student who just studies studies studies and is ranked higher, and then theres me , who has a passion, grades, and interest for the university. So IDK :(</p>
<p>My school's a feeder into Cornell, usually around 90% of people applying there get accepted, and usually about 10% of the class applies to Cornell.</p>
<p>I read something about some HS where Bowdoin became a big thing one year and like 20 kids applied... only two or three got in.</p>
<p>Since you say it's a top-tier school, any comparison to your fellow students is marginal at best -- your real competition is the broader pool of super qualified applicants who are chasing the few spots. As you've probably guessed, lots of the admissions process is not a science but an art. </p>
<p>I recruit & interview for an HYP college. My experience is that students are admitted according to individual merit, not on the number of students at their HS. My neighborhood HS had 4 admits (out of 6 or 7 applications) two years ago -- a statistical anomaly for sure. Last year, they had one admit. I think it's really the quality of the individual.</p>
<p>Best of luck to you</p>
<p>If it's a super selective college, kids applying from the same school are usually compared to each other because they share the same academic and leadership opportunities, and the admissions officers can see who's most competent and diligent.</p>
<p>flowers: your statement goes against what the admissions officers themselves have stated. In the case of my alma mater, kids from the same school are compared with the pool of students in the similar geographic region. There's no way to compare the super academic athlete with the super academic science jock in the same school. One won't cancel out the other. The athlete will be compared w/other athletes and the science kid will be compared w/other science kids.</p>
<p>Lol. If you guys think the competition over there is tough... Come to my school. PM me if you want to know how tough it really is over here.</p>
<p>Fiona, based on your location alone, I think I can imagine what the competition is like.</p>
<p>Anyways, back to the OP, worry more about your region than your school.</p>