<p>fogcity,
It is totally unnecessary to apply to more than 10 colleges. Your analogy of 1000 is chump change in the grand scheme of things is kind of dumb.<br>
Your philosophy is Basically… ready shoot aim.
If you do your homework, make visits, etc… you will have a good idea where you will get accepted to, etc.
Ready(do your research), AIM, APPLY
You have to keep asking, if I got accepted to xyz college and no other, would I go to xyz. </p>