<p>@theeecsadvisor : I understand that, but so many people on this forum have a notion that they “shouldn’t bother” applying to Reach School X because “our school valedictorian is applying” that I find it easier to just say that “There is no official per-high-school quota practiced by college admissions offices”.
Case in point: At my high school we once had something like 12 or 15 kids get into Stanford. The next year only 2 kids got in. This year nobody got in. If your class is particularly impressive Reach School X may accept more people than you’d think so don’t keep harping on that “quota”. </p>