<p>I’m on the fence here between Hecatonchires and halopeno2… I agree that you must have SOME interest in the college to apply to it at all, but (like halopeno2) I really don’t think that’s quite what the college is looking for… A top-level school like Yale wants people who REALLY want to be there, I think. And really showing how much you want to be there helps a lot, especially if your stats are not so amazing.</p>
<p>And yeah, I think halopeno2 is right, about people just applying to HYPMS because it sounds good. They don’t really care about the individual schools, and I’m sure by now that admissions officers have learned to recognize that. Actually wanting to go to each specific school you apply to will probably help a lot in making a sincere, interesting application.</p>