<p>Mine is like 4 and they are all state U's, without any safety schools.
I guess if they all reject me, then I will probably end up in local community college and then transfer later.</p>
<p>i’m planning on 9. 2 reach, 5 realistic, and 2 safety. Who knows, maybe if you apply to 1 or 2 reach schools you’ll get in. And on the contrary, if you don’t get into those 4 state schools and you have 1 or 2 safeties, then you won’t have to worry about community college (assuming that you don’t want to go to community college). </p>
<p>Yeah it’ll take some extra work applying to 2-4 more schools, but it’ll definitely give you more opportunities.</p>
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<li>1 reach, 2 matches, and 4 safeties.</li>
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<p>5 reach, 3 match, 2 safeties (UC system, 1 LAC) </p>
<p>I know this seems like a really top-heavy balance, but all the schools I loved during my visits were the super-selective ones, and at my level of GPA/scores everything’s kind of a crapshoot anyways, so why not?</p>
<p>12 LOL 5 reach 4 match 3 safties :P</p>
<p>about 14 
6-7 reaches , 5 match , about 2 safeties</p>
<p>I think it depends on your situation. Whether you need financial aid, for example.</p>
<p>Or suppose you are applying to the tip top schools, like Harvard. You had better apply to a lot of them, because their acceptance rates are so low.</p>
<p>…two, lol.</p>
<p>One is super-safety, the other is a safety. But I love my safety. :)</p>
<p>12 - 2 safety, 2 match, 8 reaches but still well within reach</p>
<p>4 for now, expecting to add a couple of matches/reaches.
2 safeties, 2 matches.
Could change with October SAT scores.</p>
<p>6 reaches, 5 matches, 1 safety.</p>
<p>If I end up doing particularly well on the SAT, I will probably pursue some other match/safety merit possibilities.</p>