<p>Applied to 2. Got into both of them :)</p>
<p>the common app definitely made things easier!</p>
<p>Applied to 11 and got into 6...not bad =)</p>
<p>2 safeties, 2 matches, 7 reaches.</p>
<p>Applied to 12, got into 9.</p>
<p>All right. I should say that I am amazed at the number one of my Big Sisters applied.
45~~~
WOW</p>
<p>is 10 managable? my list right now is (northwestern, duke, penn,washu, princeton,cornell,vandy,bc,unc, and ut). i think most of those use the common app too.</p>
<p>Completely manageable. Don't worry about it. You could even start in November if you wanted to, but it'd be best to start August, early September.</p>
<p>ha. i applied to 10, and i started in december... but i almost didn't apply to 1 of them because of deadlines. plus, the week of the 24-31 of dec was HELL. new years eve, i went home and slept after 12:30am. on the bright side, i got into one of my first choice schools (Penn '11!) (i had 3 tied for first) and 6 other wonderful institutions.</p>
<p>i recommend at least thinking about the essays, and you can start the why school essays (for instance, i know there is a why penn essay, and a why duke essay, and a why northwestern essay if i remember correctly. washu was pretty much common app, which is why i almost applied there instead of northwestern. for the rest, you have to go check.</p>
<p>get a start on stuff, ask for recommendations (no forms needed), begin the preliminary essay work (plan out essay, write an outline, nothing complicated.), take a look at the common app to get a feel for it.</p>
<p>try to define your list permanently over the summer. i didn't, and it was december at that point. i was stuck writing my northwestern essays on january 1 at like 11:50pm.</p>
<p>I applied to eight.</p>
<p>i feel like such an underachiever. i only applied to one. good thing i got in.</p>
<p>Two girls in my school applied to more than 20 colleges</p>
<p>I'm planning to apply to 15...is that too many? I told my mom that I would draw the line at 12, but she won't listen...<em>sigh</em></p>
<p>What is the reason XCotter that you want to apply to some colleges</p>
<p>I'm gonna apply to porbably 11-17 colleges.</p>
<p>i am currently planning 12 but it can go up or down by a couple.</p>
<p>I'll apply to 4 EA: Georgetown, Boston College, Notre Dame, and UNC-Chapel Hill. After I get my acceptance/refection/deferral notices from in December, I'll decide if I want to apply to a few more.</p>
<p>(Georgetown, Boston College, and UNC have made it clear that you may apply Early Action to as many schools as you would like; I'm waiting on a response from Notre Dame).</p>
<p>As things stand now, my Ss have a working list of 10 ea. but we are trying to get them to narrow it down to 7-8, with 2-3 reaches and 2 safeties. Still, I find this somewhat incredible since I applied only to 2 and my DH applied to 3 and his parents were whining that he was wasting money! With twins, I don't want to pay more than $1000 on applications. I can't believe I wrote that!</p>
<p>17 colleges. i didn't want to take any chances.</p>
<p>I applied to two. One was a definate saftey and the other was a sorta reach. Since JMU was definately my top choice I chose it over WCU. </p>
<p>I have a hard time believe some of these figures. First of all I don't think it makes much sense to apply to more than 5 or six universities. Unless you got the fees, waived, then some of these people spent a lot of money on applications that could have been avoided. In short, one should apply to one extreme (this would be your Ivy League Schools), one to two reach (depends on what your GPA is), and about three saftey schools. It's more practical, and definately more economical. Anything past seven schools is ridiculous, and anything past ten schools is absurd. Let's get real people.</p>
<p>Don't forget that a lot of schools waive the application fees if you apply online.</p>