How many Colleges are too many?

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>I am a rising Junior and i would like to major in industrial engineering. So far my college lists consists of:</p>

<ol>
<li>Ohio State University</li>
<li>University of Central Florida
3.University of Tennessee
4.Louisiana State University
5.University of Houston
6.Ohio State University</li>
</ol>

<p>...and possibly Purdue and Texas A&M
Are these too many options?</p>

<p>In addition, I would like to know if when putting down extra curricular's do I need to include only high school and up?</p>

2

<p>There is no magic number. Typically 6-8 schools. 3 Reach schools, 3 Match schools and 2 Safety schools. Reach school - highly selective admissions. Match school - your GPA and test scores are right in line with the averages. Safety school - your GPA and test scores are measurably above the average of admitted students.</p>

3

<p>I applied to 16 schools last year haha. It’s all about how much you can handle. </p>

<p>Annddd yeah, high school and up.</p>

4

<p>oh wow. That’s a lot… I believe the most on my list was 9-11 aha. Thanks guys</p>

5

<p>If you are applying for need based financial aid, that is a ton of work on top of the actual application. Even if your parents are doing most of that paperwork, don’t torture them by upping your number too much. :slight_smile: I think 8 schools is a good number.</p>

6

<p>I’m planning on applying to 10</p>

7

<p>I’m doing 8 and I have 2 safeties, 3-matches, and 3-reaches</p>

8

<p>Lol 1 for me.</p>

9

<p>1 safety 2 matches 4 reaches. It would be <em>safe</em> to have another safety but I like it enough I really don’t need another.</p>

10

<p>around 12 I think</p>

11

<p>Are you guys not afraid of application fees? That stuff can add up.</p>

12

<p>I thought about application fees too. ^</p>

13

<p>How many did you get accepted to?</p>

14

<p>A safe amount would be anywhere from 3 to 8, though CCers tend to go a bit overboard with reaches :p</p>

15

<p>I only have my one dream school in mind (it’s not very selective), and i’m applying early action, so there’s some more time to apply to others if I don’t get accepted.</p>

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<p>You should apply as much as you can. I know friends who applied 30, 25, 29, etc… I applied 22. It becomes a big number because you MUST have safety schools as well. As a highschool student, you only apply to colleges once in your life time. Don’t do something you will regret.</p>

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<p>I’m applying to 10+ schools, but I’m only going to submit my ED and EA applications (my ED school does not ask for an application fee). If I don’t get in by ED, I will then submit my other applications, along with the fees.</p>

18

<p>It is only too many if you cannot keep paying all of those admissions fees or if you start to apply to places that don’t really interest you.</p>

19

<p>Compared to skyrocketing tuition, application fees seem pretty minimal…</p>

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<p>I have at least 15 on my list haha… almost half of them reaches. However, I do have a solid safety school or two.</p>