My Advice to College Applicants (I wish someone had told me this before I started applying)

Yes. Private Banker hit the nail in the head. Schools with single digit quotas don’t have time to read so many apps. They need to make quick cuts in the applicant pool. Unless the applicant is a special case- institutional needs (legacy/minority/vip), there is not such legroom/bias for a regular applicant, as a result of the fierce competition.