<p>At the risk of sounding like a pessimist (which I usually am) and someone who is obsessed with statistics (which I try not to be), I must ask about a concern of mine. Hearing that regular admissions is down to about 12% because of the application increase is a really disheartening, but what makes it worse for me is that 1 person in my school was accepted ED and 2 people in my school got likely letters (and I am very happy for them, especially since they're my friends, but still), but not I. My school has about 300 people in its senior class. My stats are comparable to the people that were accepted, but its still looking pretty grim. Does Dartmouth put a cap on how many people they accept from one school? Do I still stand a chance of making it despite three people being basically accepted from my school, or is it false hope? Is not getting a likely letter when my friends got them a sign that I've probably been rejected? Thanks for your help.</p>
<p>Four people in my school received likely letters, and our class is abot 350 -400 (i don't remember). Anyhow, colleges aren't supposed to have limits for schools. Don't give up hope!</p>
<p>never give up! your friends may just be slightly more qualified than you and D doesn't want them to choose another school instead - meanwhile, they might think you're perfect Dartmouth material, but the type who would matriculate at D regardless of receiving advance notice.</p>
<p>good luck!!</p>
<p>P.S. for what it's worth...last year's graduating class had like 140 people in it, and Cornell accepted at least 5, 3 of them ED. Yes I know Cornell is much bigger, but still, it didn't matter that they were all from the same school.</p>
<p>keep up your hope!!!</p>
<p>keep your fingers crossed!!! and i'll keep mine crossed for you too. you can worry about everything after the decisions come out. but i doubt you would have to worry about anything.:)</p>