<p>Say a college asks you on its supplementary form to mention what other colleges you are applying to. Should you tell them? (especially if it might seem that you are applying to it as a safety)</p>
<p>I mentioned a few of the other colleges I'm applying to.<br>
Since I'm applying to 10 schools and the school that asked was a safety, I only mentioned my 2-3 other safeties and 3 matches</p>
<p>Great question. Like unwritten, I only mentioned safeties and a few matches. I applied to most of the ivies and I don't think I listed any of the other ivies on the applications -- only safeties in my home state.</p>
<p>However, I'm glad I admitted that I had never visited the campuses. I don't like that question either.</p>
<p>Wouldn't colleges be suspicious if they notice most applicants seemingly not applying to other Ivies when they know that this is clearly not the case? Maybe they don't care very much, but if they didn't, why would they ask the question?</p>
<p>its better to let them suspect and not know the exact answer than to actually look at the whole list of ivies</p>
<p>Right, but the question becomes pointless.</p>
<p>One of my colleges (Kalamazoo) had this question, so I called to ask what the info was used for. The lady I talked to said it was used only so they could see what sort of schools they had cross-applicants with. She said that it had no bearing on actual admission. Hopefully, this is true.</p>
<p>Then you can tell them after you are admitted. If you answer at all in the application, do so strategically. Do not give information that implies they are a safety.</p>
<p>I actually asked my college counselor and she said that it is best not to. Before coming to my school a year ago, she actually worked as an admisions person. She told me that colleges use it to see where students are applying to, besides their school, and that it may hurt the student because if a college sees that a student may go somewhere else then the admissions committees may choose not to accept that student. Sucks but true.</p>
<p>If the question is on there, not answering it is tantamount to lying. I wouldn't recommend that anyone lie on their college applications.</p>
<p>^^^ The college you are applying to has to assume you are applying to others as well. Answering "strategically" is more tantamount to lying because it is misrepresenting where you are actually applying to (i.e. if you only put safeties, etc.). In my opinion, at least, you run into fewer ethical issues omitting the answer to that question.</p>
<p>Well if you think of it this way, maybe if State School X knows you're applying to Harvard, they might give you more scholarship money to get you to come to their school.</p>
<p>what if there is space for 6 colleges and you're applying to more than 6? In that case you might as well answer strategically isn't it?</p>
<p>Btw, I have noticed they ask this question on some financial aid forms as well.</p>
<p>Maybe it's better to list your safeties and your high reaches... that way they won't wonder why you're not applying to other colleges, but if they though you are underqualified for those reaches, they won't consider themselves safeties anymore.</p>
<p>how about just leaving it blank...keep them guessing...</p>
<p>How is the question worded? Does it say "tell us each and every other college you are applying to? Hopefully not.</p>
<p>Ideally you can answer strategically and not lie.</p>
<p>In any case I wouldn't advise putting 10-11 other colleges as an answer to this question, even if it's true and they are all safeties/matches. Now that could easily be taken to be a sign of disinterest.</p>
<p>I'd say you should only put the schools you're applying to that are less selective than that particular school, so it looks more like they're one of your top choices.</p>
<p>i agree...i wouldnt put schools that are slightly above you but you have a great chance at, ESPECIALLY on an application to a safety, because they might assume you'll get in and go there, and they dont want to waste a spot on you...theres a school in my state that routinely rejects 3.5+ students (they're average is aournd a 2.9 for admitted students) just because they know that they'll get in to other places...if they REALLY want to go there, they can always repeal the decision, and the colleges know that</p>
<p>for ivies - i wouldnt put that you're applying to other ivies, because it might look like you're only applying to Princeton because you want to go to an Ivy and even though you really want to go to Harvard, you're still applying to Princeton just to help your chances of going to an Ivy...wierd wording there, but i think you get the picture...however, i would put slight reaches/high matches on Ivy applications, because then it shows you have determination to go to a good school, but you'll be happy at a non-Ivy, which also points out you want to go not just because its an Ivy</p>