<p>does yale only admit a certain number a kids per highschool?? i know there are like 5 or 6 kids from my school that have applied so idk how good my chances are if they take just one out of those 6. i go to a public school in CA by the way</p>
<p>From what I understand, there are no (actual) quotas. Meaning that they admit a certain number of people from each state, cali being so big they admit more. But I highly doubt they would sit there counting the number of people from each state.</p>
<p>You are competing with people in your area/regon, NOT with individuals at your school. This is my understanding. For my year 2 kids were accepted.</p>
<p>I concur w/Brando. My nearby HS had four admits last year out of about 12 or so applicants. They usually have 1 or 2. That tells me it was the individuals who were particularly strong -- there's no reason to place quotas on a HS. Yale doesn't need to curry favors by "spreading the wealth". They just call 'em as the read 'em, from my experience as a longtime recruiter/alum interviewer.</p>
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<p>From what I was told by someone who worked at Princeton admissions, the admissions officer don't separate kids by schools, but by other characteristics. That might just be Princeton. But seeing as 5/9 kids were accepted early to Yale from my school, and the other 4 were deferred, I wouldn't think that having a lot of kids from one school hurts your chances.</p>
<p>No. Yale has no admissions quotas. Sometimes they don't even admit anyone from some states (like Montana or Wyoming), and other years they admit 2 or even 3. Same with high schools... two years ago four kids from my school got into Yale, whereas last year, none did.</p>
<p>^ the same happened in my D's competitive science HS, they used to take some kids at MIT but this year none got in!! i think they evaluate you against others in your state not in your hs.</p>
<p>I think that top colleges probably DO compare applicants from the same high school. It seems almost irresistible for admissions officers to avoid drawing comparisons between applicants who have had many of the same opportunities/hatched in the same incubator. But that doesn't mean they impose quotas on the number of students they'll accept from a given high school, even a very small one. Last year, Yale accepted two kids (same two -- neither a legacy, a URM, a developmental admit, or a recruited athlete) from my son's miniscule graduating class (under 30 kids). And it's definitely not a feeder high school. </p>
<p>Schools are not going to set arbitrary quotas on acceptances when there are multiple desirable candidates from the same pool.</p>
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<p>I think some schools keep their so called diversity by having quotas.</p>
<p>^ Thaaaaattt's another problem all together.</p>
<p>And it NEVER get's discussed properly.</p>