Do Colleges Know Where Else You're Applying? Do They Care?

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<p>A New York Times article from this school year </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/education/edlife/strategy.html?_r=1&oref=slogin[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/education/edlife/strategy.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>reports that Harvard receives lists from other colleges that have admitted students in an early decision round, but Harvard doesn’t read the lists. </p>

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@New York Times

Some colleges, like Franklin & Marshall, exchange early-admit lists. Ms. Lewis [admissions director at Harvard] says she throws away the lists sent to her.

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<p>Of course, this is all after the fact, after the early decision round has already produced decisions.</p>