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Ok so here's the deal: I am hoping and praying for, but definitely not expecting, a place at one of the Top 5. I am also hoping for an offer from a school that I am slightly less interested in, but think I have have a somewhat better, although by no means certain, chance with. What should I do? I somehow don't think that a Top 5 school cares about LOI's; they probably expect that everyone who isn't a super-duper-star will most likely accept an offer. That being the case, should I send a LOI to school #2? It would be slightly dishonest, but I figure that taking the probablility of my acceptance to school #1 into account, the odds of my accepting an offer from #2 are actually very good. I would only be sending out the one letter, but would #1 really be intimidated when they heard about the LOI to a much less prestigious school? Would word actually get around? And if I shouldn't send that LOI to #2, should I send them a letter just saying how much I liked the school etc, etc, but not explicitly commiting myself? Or would that just stand out as an obvious non-LOI and actually hurt my chances? Is this post total gibberish when I try to hide the school names?
Aack!!
Aack!!