CLASS OF 2010: How many colleges are on your list right now?

<p>It's probably wayyy too early to think about this
But I just made a list of all the colleges I MIGHT consider applying to and it came out to be close to 20!!!
NO way I'm applying to so many but wow, no idea there were so many that I was "interested" in.</p>

<p>I'm probably going to cut the list to around 12ish by this summer (that STILL seems like alot..hah but I DO know some people applying to around 20). And trying to get started on my apps before the school workload gets crazy.</p>

<p>How many are on your list right now?
How many do you plan to apply to?
When are you going to start on apps?</p>

<p>Just curious..:)</p>

<p>Hope everyone is enjoying their winter break!</p>

<p>About 16 :)
Hopefully less than 10-12
I have no idea.</p>

<p>I think I have around 8-9.</p>

<p>Every time I find a new college that I'm interested in, I seem to cut a different college from my list. For example, I was really into Harvey Mudd until I heard about Carnegie Mellon.</p>

<p>My list has evolved so much that it might become alive at some point.</p>

<p>Haha I'm the exact opposite of book_worm
Everytime I find a new college..I just added to the list and then can't decide what other college I want to cut from the list...so they ALL end up on there.</p>

<p>I've got a LOT of reaches though..
and a lot of safeties I guess too.</p>

<p>I have.. 6 or 7? I guess I'm a bit on the picky side, i.e, the campus has to be good, the food has to be bearable, the school size has to be on the smaller size etc etc.
I don't know how many I'll apply to, but hopefully not too many, those applications are so freaking expensive! I'll prolly apply rolling to a safety, EA to top choice and then 2 or 3 others Dx</p>

<p>I will start applications in the summer, a senior friend of mine suggested taking a look at this year's common app. questions and mull it around, I might do that too...</p>

<p>gahhh, I get stressed just thinking about this</p>

<p>I know four I'm definitely applying to, but the list that I'm interested in is 10-20 colleges long. Lol, in the end, I hope to keep it around ten or less (don't want to bankrupt my parents with college app fees :p). I'm planning to ask teachers for letters of recommendation at the end of this year and start writing essays over the summer.</p>

<p>Though hopefully, I will only have to apply to one (MIT EA) so we don't have to spend so much money on applications.</p>

<p>I have 34. with only one clear favorite. Gotta cut that down, hopefully in half by the start of summer and to ~9 by app. time.</p>

<p>I have three I know I'll apply to, not sure about others yet</p>

<p>all of 'em</p>

<p>^haha.</p>

<p>Hmm I haven't thought about asking teachers for recommendations at the end of this year...maybe I should (I was going to do so the very beginning of senior year since most of them won't start until then and alot of them want a copy of ECs,transcript..etc)</p>

<p>Anyone else asking for recommendations at the end of the year?</p>

<p>Yeah app fees are crazy! my parents said max. of 20...but no way I'm going over 15.</p>

<p>11...but only one safety and one match. >_<</p>

<p>I HAD 37 at one point in time. Once I discovered UIUC however, all those 37 vanished and UIUC is the only school that I KNOW I'll apply to.</p>

<p>So 1?</p>

<p>about 18 or 17</p>

<p>1 I think. God, I really need to do some research.</p>

<p>5 serious considerations, 3 as a joke</p>

<p>most likely i am going to wharton but i am also considering chicago, michigan, georgetown, rice, and dartmouth</p>

<p>thats 6 total</p>

<p>umm I've got the main 5 in which Im really interested in, and during the summer I'm going to build from there</p>

<p>man i feel like an underachiever in the college research department haha. i don't really know much at all. so far i am interested in middlebury, bowdoin, and a few safeties...i need to do more researching!</p>

<p>^ or you could just look at U.S. News World Report and apply to the top 20 most prestigious schools ;)</p>

<p>ˆˆhmmmm....lol that seems to be the strategy of some people on CC.</p>