rgupta83 wrote:
Randolph wrote:
Just Curious...
What did everyone do for the question re: other schools applied to (in the Program Information section of the application)?
I listed all my schools. There has been debate on how to handle this. I do believe the field is optional so you can leave it blank. At the end of the day, my view is if they reject me because they think I will go to another school, then so be it. It gives me hope that I will get into the other schools
I did this but took a slightly different approach. I listed the schools that fit what I said I was looking for in my "Why Duke?" essay.
Example: If I talked about wanting the non-city location and how that was a big factor in 'why duke' I didn't list that I was applying to Columbia or MIT or something along those lines. (This wasn't what I put in my essays, just an example)
I feel like they might look at that as me BSing them in the essays so I didn't really want to take that chance. Probably a paranoid thought, but I spared myself the worry.
I only really had to leave one school off the list so I'm not very worried about it.