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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The mere fact that elite schools have yield rates so high means that many students cannot be facing multiple acceptances from Ivies.  After all, they can only choose one school to which to go.  Collusion was quite open until the 1990s, when the government allegedly put a stop to it.

See: [url]http://news.mit.edu/1992/history-0903[/url]

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When a college only accepts 5-6% of applicants, and most applicants are highly qualified (except for the kids applying to Harvard because it's Harvard), there's a small chance they would accept the same applicant even without collusion. Sure there's some overlap, like the immigrant with a great story who gets multiple acceptances from elite schools. But statistically speaking, assuming most applicants are highly qualified, it's unlikely they'd all choose the same 2,000 kids out of their applicant pools of 30-40,000 kids.

Also, most elite schools get a huge share of their class from ED or SCEA, where you can only apply to one school.[/quote]

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