<p>Would it be ridiculous to apply to 19 schools even if 12 of them are common app? They are all schools I would love to go to and I cant choose which ones to cut down</p>
<p>Why cant you choose which ones to cut down? Have you visited all the campuses? I mean… 19 schools just seems a bit excessive, I applied to 6… But, I guess if you really are in love with all of them??</p>
<p>And I would say, in my opinion, 19 is rediculous. I would limit to about 10, 12 max…</p>
<p>19 is really a bit much. I remember looking at colleges at this time before my senior year and trying to decide where to apply, and I honestly don’t know how some people are really STRONGLY personally invested in more than about ten schools. If possible, visit some of these campuses. Almost every school looks nice in a glossy pamphlet or university web site. Don’t just get caught up in a ‘brand name;’ look at the size, location, campus culture. Would you feel at home at all of these places? Are all of these places suitable for your potential major(s)?</p>
<p>And it’d be fair to mention that even if 12 are on the common app, that isn’t going to save you as much time as it sounds like. Most schools have their own supplementary essays and other information sections to complete… And those essays are always going to take the most time, not the ‘common’ section. It will still feel like you did 19 applications total.</p>
<p>Be ready to spend at least 3000 dollars if you’re going to apply to that many schools 
Even if those schools all use common app, each of them are still going to have individual supplements with essays to fill out… </p>
<p>…are you sure you want to?</p>
<p>Here are a couple of ways to pare down your list.</p>
<p>1) If you will be applying for financial aid then you can start by weeding out schools that don’t have good financial aid. It makes no sense to apply if the net cost to you and your family will be prohibitive or a hardship. If you need help with this assessment, start a thread in the fin aid forum. If you can list the schools you are considering you will get a better response.</p>
<p>2) Get an honest assessment of whether the schools are a reach, match, or safety. Don’t overload any particular group. 2 or 3 safeties and 3-5 for each of the others.</p>
<p>3) If any of the schools have Early Action or rolling admissions, it is very helpful to get a response from these schools before RD application deadlines pass. That way you have the option of adjusting which schools you apply to RD. </p>
<p>It is not necessarily a bad thing that you are having difficulty eliminating a school. It sounds like you don’t have your heart set on 1 or 2 schools. It’s a good thing to be flexible when you have to decide where to enroll especially when it comes to the cost of attendance.</p>
<p>It’s a pain. I applied to around 15 schools because I got a bunch of fee waivers, and it took forever to fill everything. Ask yourself this: If you could only apply to 10 schools, and no more, then which 10 would you apply to? Whatever you can leave out is where you don’t need to apply to :)</p>
<p>i applied to 10 schools last fall, and it was the most stressful time of my life!
all of my schools but 1 used the common app, it didn’t ease the stress…at all.<br>
and I started working on my applications July 1st, the first day the common app was out. I was still scrambling to have everything done by January 1st! </p>
<p>You see, the common app is not as helpful as it sounds. </p>
<p>You will still have to:
- Pay fee waivers
- Give your counselor a dozen transcript requests (finding the right college addresses is such a pain)
- Travel to every starbucks within a 50 mile radius for college interviews
- A small mountain of supplement essays to complete
- Send ACT/SAT scores to almost 20 colleges, also a pain (and expensive!)</p>
<p>If I were you, I would narrow down your list to maybe 12 at the most? If you do enough research, you should start to find red flags in some of those schools that you missed at first glance. (My red flags were too big of classes, no appealing majors, not a rigorous curriculum, etc.) That is how I narrowed down my list. Good luck!</p>
<p>Damn this is hard. I have 4 that I know 100% i’m applying to
CMU which has been my top choice forever (a reach, though)
SUNY Stony Brook, Macaulay Honors College at CUNY - City College, and St Johns University (queens, ny)</p>
<p>This would help me cut down a few probably-- if I want to major in something like Chemistry or Biology, would a bigger, better known university be best? Is research during undergrad important for these majors? (grad or professional school is a definite)</p>
<p>A girl in my class applied to 21 schools this past fall. It cost her thousands of dollars in application fees, wrote more than a dozen essays, and, as of three days before the deadline, she had narrowed her list down…to six schools. </p>
<p>IMO, it’s just not worth the money, or the stress, in most cases. standrews and ringopuppers both gave some great advice. </p>
<p>You seem a bit unsure of what kind of school you would like to attend (bigger, better known university? small, research-oriented institution? public? private? etc.) Do some serious research, think about these factors, and then…try to cut that list down to about 10 schools-a few private, a few public, a few big names, a few smaller schools. In the end, you should be able to see yourself at every school on your list. If you can’t, it’s probably not worth applying. </p>
<p>The quality of the applications you put out, not the quantity, is what really matters. You will have far more opportunity to write outstanding essays, craft great applications, and impress admission (and scholarship committees) if you take your time and limit yourself to no more than 10 apps. I applied to 9, and honestly, I probably could have cut 3 of them from my list. Trust me, you’ll want to enjoy your senior year, and not spend the whole fall writing essays and apps!</p>
<p>Best of luck :)</p>
<p>19 is a lot. 12 is more reasonable assuming some don’t have supplemental essays, and you only have to do 2/3 supplemental essays max.</p>
<p>12 is reasonable in my opinion. i did 6 reaches and 6 likelies (3 safeties and 3 matches). </p>
<p>19 is a LOT. but if u think itll work out then do it (assuming a lot have like no supplements)</p>
<p>In a word, supplements.</p>
<p>That does seem like a lot to me. I had 9 on my initial list and ended up applying to 5 total. Can you cut down the list at all?</p>
<p>Yes, it would be ridiculous. Honestly, even 19 acceptances would get annoying.</p>