<p>By numerous: do you mean that students should apply to about 10-14 schools? A student at our school applied to over 30 schools last year–I thought that was absurd. He had many reach schools on his list and got into none of them. </p>
<p>I agree with everything that has been said on this thread, but I think it can be hard to sell very strong students with high hopes on the idea of safety/financial safety schools as necessary as it is to have such schools on the list.</p>