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<p>^_^ Hi! I know this might be a stupid question....but how many colleges did you apply to? And also did you wanted to apply to Yale other ivy leagues? Thanks! :]</p>

<p>The year I got into Harvard (as a junior transfer), I also applied to six other schools, including Yale, Columbia, and Penn. When I applied as a freshman, it was one of nine schools, with Brown the only other Ivy.</p>

<p>i applied to 6 (Harvard,Yale,Princeton,MIT,Stanford,Columbia) privates and a bunch of UCs (UCB,UCLA,UCI,UCD,UCSD).</p>

<p>^_^ Ok thank you! :] Now I know I could apply more than 5 colleges. :]</p>

<p>I only applied to two--Harvard and Chicago, both EA. But people who get in EA to Harvard tend not to apply anywhere else.</p>

<p>Yeah... I'm applying EA in the fall, and I've resolved not to apply to more than 6 colleges... just so that I don't overwork myself and spend too much on apps, but I know if I get in EA I'll be through hehe.</p>

<p>i applied to 9--i had no idea where i'd get in. it's a lot of money, but it's nice to have options and be able to <em>choose</em> your college.</p>

<p>My daughter applied to 11, but four of those were UCs requiring only a single app.</p>

<p>I applied to 10, and I ended up writing about 10 DIFFERENT essays. A lot of colleges have really specific essay topics (esp. Chicago, Amherst), so I couldn't recycle that much. And some just asked for a lot of essays (Princeton). Writing college apps took over my entire Christmas break, which wasn't quite fun. I think that I applied to a lot of schools because a) I wasn't sure of my chances at most of these colleges, so I played the probability game b) I wasn't sure what kind of college I wanted to go to. I got into all but one, so looking back, I think that applying to so much wasn't necessary. Just apply to less and make sure you have some safeties. And if you get a lot of acceptances in the spring, it just makes it really overhwhelming to research and visit colleges all over again. The rush of getting accepted to so many wears out quickly and then you wish that you hadn't applied to so many.</p>

<p>Phoenixy, I thought Harvard was single-choice EA, meaning that you cannot apply somewhere else in the early round. can you explain?</p>

<p>Entirely possible; they keep changing the EA and ED rules and I haven't bothered to catch up. In 2001, when I applied, you could apply to multiple schools EA.</p>

<p>My son planned to apply to 8, but after getting into Harvard EA, he withdrew the only one that had gone out (Stanford).</p>

<p>I applied to:</p>

<p>ACCEPTED:
Harvard SCEA
Boston College (Arts and Sciences)
Northwestern (Arts and Sciences)
Amherst College
Columbia (Arts and Sciences)
University of Michigan (Literature, Sciences and Arts)</p>

<p>WAITLISTED:
Cornell University (Arts and Sciences)
Washington University in St. Louis (Arts and Sciences)</p>

<p>REJECTED:
University of Pennsylvania (Arts and Sciences)</p>

<p>I applied to 10 schools, and then withdrew all of my other apps after getting in EA (I thought I was going to be clever and already have all my apps in... then I just ended up withdrawing all of them). You can definitely apply to more than 5 without anyone thinking you are a weirdo... the average at my school I think is 9 or 10! I didn't apply to any other Ivys, but rather mostly small liberal arts colleges:
Amherst
Williams
Wesleyan
Wellesley
Smith
Carleton
Kenyon
Vassar
BYU</p>

<p>I applied to (only?) 6 including Harvard in the US, but also applied to 5 in the UK. In the US, aside from Harvard I ended up with:</p>

<p>Accepted:
Vassar
Cornell
Penn</p>

<p>Rejected:
Georgetown
Yale</p>

<p>Make of that what you will :)</p>

<p>I applied to 8 schools, and ended up with these results:</p>

<p>Accepted:
Harvard (off the waitlist, I was offered deferred admission)
UT Austin
Texas A&M</p>

<p>Waitlisted:
Rice
Stanford</p>

<p>Rejected:
Yale
Princeton
Duke</p>

<p>I think that Harvard's rule this year with EA is that you cannot apply elsewhere on EA even if it is non-binding. But the packet they sent out was contradictory, so who knows?</p>

<p>You can apply to Harvard SCEA and a rolling admissions school such as University of Michigan at the same time. However, you cannot apply to Harvard SCEA and Georgetown EA (which allows you to apply to other schools early), because then you'd be in violation of Harvard's rule but not Georgetown's rule - you could have your application removed from the pool.</p>

<p>I planned to apply to four--Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, and Columbia--but after being accepted to Harvard in December, I withdrew the other three.</p>

<p>Why would you withdraw the others if Harvard's is nonbinding? Didn't you already send the money in to the other three?</p>