<p>achungnn: Look at it this way – Brown accepts less than 10 % of its applicants. That means that out of every 10 students, only one gets in. So what are the chances that more than 1 student out of 8 gets in from your high school? Even one acceptance is beating the odds. </p>
<p>There are some schools where more than one applicant will be accepted – those tend to be prep schools and certain magnet high schools (Stuyvesant in NYC) and some high-profile publics. And there are many schools where not one applicants gets in. </p>
<p>Just to be clear: There isn’t a quota system, where Brown has a rule that only one kid per high school gets in, or that after they accept one kid they automatically deny the rest.</p>