this might be a stupid question, but I'll ask it anyway- Does it matter whether or not we list other schools applied to on an application?

I don't know why a school would ask that in the first place.

are you doing BU's app?
thats the one that asked that question for me. i dunno, i answered it, my guidance counselor said its just for statistical purposes, although my friend argued its about money

no it was for Chapman. But a lot of the schools ask that question.

I always left that blank. It's none of their bloody business if you ask me.

I think they do make decisions based on that. I know was rejected from several lower-standard schools than NYU, based most likely on the fact that they guessed I'd get in here and wouldn't go there.