Did your school counselor tell you NOT to apply to a "dream" college?

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This is not only true; this actually affects the NEXT year’s applicants as well. Several top schools actually TRACK THE PERFORMANCE of admits from a particular school/program, and use that data in the next round of admissions decisions when assigning weight to the rigor of the school.

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<p>Not only that, but it seems they also take into account whether most/all of a given HS’s graduating class rejects their offer of acceptance when it is given in the next round of admissions. </p>

<p>According to my GC, one Ivy decided to reject everyone one year sometime in the '80s because the previous year, everyone in the previous graduating class who was accepted by that Ivy turned down its offer of admission for whatever reason. </p>

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In public high schools, can a GC refuse to complete a recommendation letter for a student? Under what circumstances?

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<p>The GCs certainly did at my public STEM-centered magnet…hence my GC’s story of discouraging an older classmate with Ivy-level stats from applying to BC. </p>

<p>Not sure whether they still do it now…but they were doing it during the early-mid '90s when I was there.</p>