What is cross admit?

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<p>I’ve heard the term “cross admit” used a lot as in “Yale cross admits with Harvard.” Does this mean that Yale checks applicants’ essays with Harvard to make sure that students aren’t clicking Control F and replacing “Yale” with “Harvard”? Is there a list of schools that check essays with other schools?</p>

<p>I’m thinking of reusing a general “why this major” essay for two different schools. </p>

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<p>A “cross admit” is someone accepted at two schools . Your application materials are private – heck even your parents can’t look at 'em. They aren’t going to share them with other colleges. That’s impossible.</p>

<p>re-use your essay – that’s fine. It’s absurd to think H or Y is fearful that its applicants are also applying to other top colleges. They are 100% fine with it.</p>

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<p>No. “Cross admit” simply means that two or more schools may admit the same student. The term is usually used in the context of saying (for example) that “cross admits to schools A and B choose school A X% of the time, school B Y% of the time, and other schools (100-X-Y)% of the time”.</p>

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<p>Several schools using a common application (not necessarily the The Common Application) could be looking at exactly the same application information for a given student, except possibly intended division or major (which could include those unique to specific schools). This arrangement may exist in state university systems (e.g. UCs and CSUs).</p>

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<p>ah, yes. I stand corrected. Thnx UCB</p>