<p>I recently got admitted to princeton. I got a full ride cuz I am not the richest thing in Nj. </p>
<p>I had my counselor send out my transcripts recs etc to harvard and yale. My harvard app is done and yale is 75% done. I still have to send them. I will get both of the application fees waived and I have 3 free score reports left for the collegeboard. But the real questions is should I apply?</p>
<p>My friend told me that if i do get in to h or y and then not attend it will be harder to get into grad school there. Is this true? This is probably the only thing holding me back from applying.</p>
<p>Apply anyway! You never know what’ll happen. When/if you get accepted to Yale and Harvard in addition to Princeton, you might wind up visiting them and realizing you like one more than the other.</p>
<p>Yea, just apply for funsies. It’s better to keep your options open in case something comes up or you learn something game-changing about one of the colleges.</p>
<p>I did admissions work for a graduate program at Harvard and I can guarantee that neither I nor anyone else in the department knew whether an applicant had applied to the university as an undergraduate, nor do I think anyone would have cared.</p>
<p>While you’re applying to college, a lot of well-meaning people will tell you a lot of stuff that’s pure nonsense. As the others have told you, this is one of those times.</p>
<p>As for your real question, whether you should apply anywhere else, I suppose the answer depends on the answer to another question: is there anywhere you’d rather go than Princeton? </p>
<p>If I were in your situation, rather than applying to Yale and Harvard for funsies, I’d be more inclined to retire while I was still undefeated, so to speak. But YMMV. And, really, since the worst possible outcome is that you go to Princeton with a generous aid package, nothing important hinges on this decision.</p>