<p>I'm a rising senior. I have a list of maybe 9 or so schools I like. My parents have a list of like 5 other schools she likes. I don't think I can handle all those applications, but she suggests applying pretty much everywhere and hoping I get lucky somewhere. So, all you already admitted kids or current college students --- how many schools did you apply? And out of those, how many did you get rejected/accepted/deferred from?</p>
<p>I’m also a rising senior and would suggest to apply to a good amount of universities and see where you get accepted. More universities you apply to ( as you say nine) chances are you may get accepted into at least 1-3.</p>
<p>that fail from my parents to “she” was because i originally had mom lol</p>
<p>Rising senior here as well, so far my list is:
Reaches:
Carnegie Mellon
Bucknell
Lehigh</p>
<p>Matches:
Villanova
Lafayette
Boston U
Va Tech</p>
<p>Safeties:
Manhattan College</p>
<p>Thats more or less it, many will be added and some will be taken off</p>
<p>Yeah I have</p>
<p>Reach:
Columbia
Brown
Dartmouth
Penn
Duke
UChicago
UCLA (OOS)
UCBerkeley (OOS)
Georgetown
Amherst</p>
<p>Fit: Tufts, UMich </p>
<p>Safety- OSU </p>
<p>topppp heavy. But I don’t know for sure anymore since I never truly considered LAC’s and now they seem awesome. </p>
<p>Planning to major in economics or international relations, and then go to law school for international law or go into international business</p>
<p>I applied to 10. I got fee waivers though so it was nice; I didn’t have to tap into my small Dunkin’ Donuts employee fortune.</p>
<p>As you said, your list is a bit top-heavy. While you’re definitely a competitive applicant for a lot of those schools, it would definitely be prudent to add in some more matches or safeties.</p>
<p>Yeah I just don’t know what though. Parents will make me go to OSU Honors if its not a top 25 school anyway :/</p>
<p>Sounds like an Asian parent, ivied are the only ones lol.
In a few years I will probably do around 8
Aghh a lot of essays!</p>
<p>I wonder if this is too much, 13 schools:
Every Ivy = 8 schools
MIT
Stanford
U of Waterloo
U of T
McGill</p>
<p>jeez, every ivy? y’know, they’re all really different. </p>
<p>but yeah, i’ll end up applying to 13 or so as well</p>
<p>hmmm, doesnt common app cover half my list?</p>
<p>I think so. There are supplements and stuff though. And sometimes, if a school offers both their own app and the common app, it gives a better impression to use their own app because it shows you took the time to do theirs separately.</p>
<p>But do I have to pay more to use the universities own app? I did some research, all the ivies except columbia uses common app. Stanford also uses common app. Thats 8 out of 10 US school that uses common app.</p>
<p>hmm i dunno about that. application costs are going to suck. i’m afraid of spending hundreds of dollars and then not get in anywhere :/</p>
<p>I wonder if I can get fee waivers…I’m applying for financial aid anyways.</p>
<p>any '13-ers wishing to speak up?</p>