<p>Friend of son is trying to apply to more than 20. The Common App isn't letting her, telling her it's an error and reminding her that there are application fees. She knows; she knows; but she still wants to do so. I advised her to open a new Common App with a new User ID and password; complete the short parts of the app; then copy and paste the longer essays.</p>
<p>Is this the only thing to do, or is there something else?</p>
<p>There's really no need to apply to 20+ schools, or for that matter, more than 10.</p>
<p>That's not my question.</p>
<p>Is she trying to do them all at once? It might help to break it up into smaller groups - send some then make a copy of the app and send more.</p>
<p>But it would save a whole lot of trouble with this CommonApp error to cut down on the number of schools, wouldn't it?</p>
<p>heres the deal, i dont think that you can do more than 10 at once, but once it is submitted, she can go to the first page of the application, and like right under the application tab on top of the page, there is a box that allows her to copy the app, once she does so, all of the info is coppied to a second copy of the app and all she has to do is put down the remainder of the schools down on the last page and the second copy is then submitted to those schools, if this will be her first time doing this it will be a little confusing, the only probs that she will have is with the commonapp supplements if there are any, as she will have to cancel those for the schools that she will not sumbit the first round, and redo them the second time around for the schools that will be in that group, and yeh more than 20 schools? is she demented, there is no reason to apply to so many</p>
<p>why help someone do something stupid, and applying to 20 is frankly, kind of stupid</p>
<p>20 schools is definitely crazy. there's a reason they make it difficult. you can do the copy thing, which seems easiest, but if they're reminding you about application fees it might mean you need to pay them before you can do more.</p>
<p>it should really take that long to make a new account either though.</p>
<p>20 schools...
that's one of the reasons they made ED. and why they should keep it.</p>
<p>I did 18 - applied on paper - woot!</p>
<p>My excuse is that music schools complicate everything.</p>
<p>18 on paper???
how long did it take???</p>
<p>If it's something she genuinely wants to do, why wouldn't you help her if you can? That's really rude and immature to say that you don't agree with something so you won't help. It doesn't harm you one bit if she applies to 20 schools, so why should you care?</p>
<p>Thank you, 19382!!</p>
<p>"immature to say that you don't agree with something so you won't help"</p>
<p>what in the world? so if your friend does something that you think is silly and stupid, you should always just go along with it and help them out? that somehow its rude to not just go along with peoples whims everytime...</p>
<p>that is a pretty immature attititude</p>
<p>maturity comes from trying to say, he friend, why in the world are you doing this? seems kind of unnecessary</p>
<p>true friends are honest with each other, and if they can't be totally open, then don't go out of their way to help do something that is just ridiculous</p>
<p>maturity is NOT jsut agreeing to everything your friend does...you don't have to make a big deal, but you don't have to help either, that is called growing up</p>
<p>and regardless if it hurts you, is that the only criteria? well, so long as I am not hurt by it, I will help my friend do something silly</p>
<p>a BETTER friend would help friend's son narrow down the list, give some advice about different schools, etc., that is what a real friend, especially an adult friend, would do</p>
<p>my Ds friends have asked my for advice on a number of topics, as have moms, and I have asked the moms, I wouldn't want someone who just said, sure, apply to 20 schools (and who knows how many others) lets figure out how to go around the system to do that!!! instead, I would say, why does your very neat child need to apply to 20 schools...maybe I can look at the list and help him/her narrow the choices, or I would ask my friend, do you think applying to 20 schools is necessary, and can you give me some advice as to how to look at the list</p>
<p>I mean seriouslly...20 schools is absurd....I would bet you the student has no clue as to why they are applying to many of them...and that most of the schools have little in common</p>
<p>but hey, logic doesn't have to be in play here</p>
<p>here is how it can hurt people, if the student is getting fee waivers at all 20 schools, it can narrow the pot for students who really need the waivers</p>
<p>if the parents are paying, they are fools</p>
<p>The supplements aren't lost; I tailored my common app essays depending upon the college (I copied my application for each individual college I was applying to), however I had completed the supplements before doing this. The information is saved.</p>
<p>Applying to more than 10 colleges is a possible manner of going about things in certain circumstances, for instance for Internationals with admissions being as difficult as they are, sometimes applying to many schools, through sheer probability increases chances of admission.</p>
<p>The paper part wasn't so challenging.. it was just all the supplements. It took me about an entire, and extremely stressful week to get everything done and together (I maybe had 3 essays done before that time). I did it over my christmas holiday. Well worth it though. My resume was really pretty.</p>
<p>why did you do 18...what was the logic....how did you pick your schools and can you actually see yourself at each and every school? what majors did the schools have that you liked, what about the locations, the campus, the student body, the $$, the size, the dorms, the weather</p>
<p>so you are saying that each school you applied to you could absolutely see yourself at</p>
<p>or did you apply out of fear, ego, or what?</p>
<p>seriouslly, I can't imagine finding 18 schools that you loved</p>
<p>i myself was planning on applying to between 24 to 27 schools had i not gotten into my ed choice. i do not see how it is anyone's place to tell me that that is wrong. i, for example, was applying to so many schools because a) a lot were top competitive schools, and in some cases it's a lot about luck, b) i wanted to be sure i ended up at a place i was happy with, and c) why not? who am i hurting by applying to however many schools i want? absolutely no one.</p>
<p>to add to the maturity thing, i believe it is extremely immature to refuse to help someone do something that is not hurting them or anyone else and that they believe is actually in their best interest because you happen to disagree with it. thank god i don't have friends like that.</p>
<p>it is not in their best interest- if you can't make some mature decisions about what is a good match, then you need to learn more about yourself and not just look at the names</p>
<p>my questions a valid and i will ask you</p>
<p>at the 27 schools you were looking at did you consider:</p>
<p>majors offered
location
area
large or small
etc</p>
<p>It does no one any good when student apply to so many schools, it creates unnecessary work, it creates the atmosphere Now where some people feel the need to apply to so many, feeding the frenzy</p>
<p>can you honestly say that of the 27 you would attend all of them?</p>
<p>as for maturity, it takes a mature person to NOT agree to help do something when you see the bigger picture</p>
<p>sometimes people do things without thinking them through and real friends point that out</p>
<p>a REAL friend would sit down with you and help you sort through the dozens of colleges you felt it necessary to apply to and help you see what you really want</p>
<p>a real friend shows maturity by not just going, sure whatever....that is a sign of maturity and growth</p>
<p>Of the 27 schools you were going to apply to- how many had the major you wanted, how many were even CLOSE to the kind of school you applied to ED...</p>
<p>yes, you can apply to more than 20 schools. on the common app after you submit you can enter a new list with same app and submit under different dates. hope this helps.</p>