<p>Tokenadult has done some research on the Common App question. In their FAQs they say “Each institution can only see its own applications, and they will not know if you have also applied to other colleges.”
See post 45 in this thread. <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/426867-submitting-without-letting-other-schools-see-3.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/426867-submitting-without-letting-other-schools-see-3.html</a></p>