<p>Now that my first kid is a senior, I have started talking to more experienced, battle hardened parents at the school who have gone through at least one admissions season. They noticed an interesting "trend" from some top schools. A few years ago we had a really outstanding class of seniors and several got into more than one Ivy. Brown lost all four of its accepted students to either Harvard or Yale. Since then, no student has made it to Brown...despite some really outstanding candidates and, according to one GC, a couple of other top 20 schools were also burned with that class and admissions have disappeared for subsequent classes. Hmmm...are the colleges that have been burned keeping stats on their yield from our high school? Do you think the regional reps keep track of yield from the good high schools in their districts? Does this hurt applicants that are well qualified for the college but the college doubts their commitment based on experience with past grads? What should a student do to show a top college that it is a top choice for them other than ED (financial aid requirements make ED a poor option for us)? One of my son's applications ask that he name where else he is applying and RANK them? Isn't that blatant yield protection? How does one answer that question?</p>