<p>I don't think that's true, kbtennis2006. </p>
<p>WashU may reject a good applicant because they think the student won't go there; that often happens at places like that and is called "Tufts Syndrome." </p>
<p>Cornell, like it or not, is the easiest Ivy to get into.</p>
<p>As for Sunglasses's theory, that can't possibly be true because many students do just that. And some of those students--I know one personally--get into all eight.</p>