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You know that a large number of students from your high school are all applying to the same college that you are applying to. Will it also affect your chances of getting admission? Do colleges have a limit on the number of students they accept per high school? Or is it on an individual basis?
Admission is on an Individual Basis
Most colleges do not take this factor into consideration. They assess every student on the merit of their application, regardless of how many of their classmates have also applied to their school. Moreover, different admissions committee members assess every application. There is also no way of knowing how many applicants are from the same high school. It is only after all the applications have been evaluated that school groups are compared. That is only for statistical purposes.
Colleges assess every application individually, assessing the applicant’s academic grades, test scores, extracurricular activities, community involvement and letter of recommendation. Different colleges use different systems to evaluate student applications. Within any one school, colleges judge all applications using the same yardstick. It doesn’t matter which high school the applicants are applying from.
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