"What do Yale students and Harvard students have in common?"

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<p>"Harvard generally wins 75 percent of common admits between it and Yale. "Harvard is the elephant in the restaurant. They sit wherever they want..." Even without a binding program, Harvard typically has the highest yield rate of any university, which was about 80 percent for the Class of 2006."</p>

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<p>"Three out of every four students that are admitted to both institutions choose Harvard"</p>

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<p>"According to Leverett Professor of Mathematics Benedict H. Gross, who also serves on the admissions committee, more than three-quarters of students who are accepted at Harvard and one of its top three competitors (Yale, Princeton and Stanford) come to Harvard."</p>

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<p>"The only reason Harvard stays competitive (in athletics), according to Westerfield, is that it’s Harvard. Three out of four students who get into Harvard and either Yale or Princeton choose Harvard, and it’s no different with high-scoring athletes. “Typically, if I want a kid, I get him,” Westerfield says. “I didn’t lose any kids last year. "</p>

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