<p>Did you think it was too many? too little? </p>
<p>There are probably threads like this elsewhere, but since 2011 was ~the most competitive college app year, thus far, I feel like people's numbers will be inflated. </p>
<p>Also, I vaguely remember some CC girl who applied to like 20 colleges and got into like 90% of them. Top tier colleges too, mind you. Am I making this up? Is she just a CC myth?</p>
<p>19.</p>
<p>It was WAY too many, but I was/am very indecisive and was unable to narrow it down by anything other than arbitrary criteria. Especially considering I’ve been pretty successful so far, I wish I’d applied to fewer safeties/matches–but hindsight is 20/20, and I couldn’t have known how well I’d do at the time I was applying.</p>
<p>I applied to 8, including two Ivies and two other top-20’s. I think that was too many: of these eight, I’m only really considering three.</p>
<p>And there was a girl last year who applied REA to Stanford and got rejected, so in her post-rejection panic applied to thirty-two other schools, which all accepted her.</p>
<p>I applied to 8…and I wish I hadn’t. I’d only consider going to 3 of them, the others are safeties / dream schools. I wish my parents were more willing to let me visit different colleges so I could have had solid backup plans since I was initially deferred from my #1… but oh well, I’ve been waiting YEARS to go to UMich, and now it’s only a couple of months away :)</p>
<p>I applied to 9, got into 6, and waiting on 3…wishing I didn’t apply to a couple of them and saved the money, but oh well. Everyone at my school is between 6-10 minus a few exceptions</p>
<p>Some kid last year applied to 24 and got denied to 23, and waitlisted to 1…so sad.</p>
<p>I applied to 11… that’s a lot compared to most people I know, but I really don’t think that’s too many. I do, however, regret that I applied to too many reaches and not enough matches and safeties.</p>
<p>I applied to 17. This is alot more than people at my school, but most were top top schools so I took a gamble. Im pretty successful so far (3/3 acceptances)</p>
<p>I applied to 2. One was ED, and I got accepted, so I withdrew my other app.</p>
<p>I applied to 11.</p>
<p>3 were EA, got into 2 of them.
8 Ivies.</p>
<p>Applied to 14. </p>
<p>Accepted at 3, Waitlisted at 1 Rejected at 1 so far…maybe 14 was over-doing it a little</p>
<p>Applied to 17.
Accepted at 4, Rejected at 1, waiting on the others.</p>
<p>I was talking to some people who graduated high school in the early 2000’s, and they applied to ~6 schools. I’m talking Harvard, MIT, Caltech etc. That’s crazy. I can’t imagine only applying to so few schools.</p>
<p>I applied to 6 schools.</p>
<p>When I tell people this, their faces are shocked. They think that’s a lot? … They should visit CC.</p>
<p>Anyway, I feel like I applied to too little 
Now that I have a rejection on my shoulders, I’m harboring even more rejections in the future …</p>
<p>2 acceptances (one of which I couldn’t even get accepted into the program I wanted because it was FULL! Ugghhh, what a dealbreaker)
1 Rejection (#1 school!)
3 more waiting to here …</p>
<p>My son applied to 6. 1 Ivy league, 4 very-extremely competitive schools and a safety. He was accepted to the safety but really doesn’t want to go there. We’re hoping that 6 was enough.</p>
<p>I applied to nine, two of which were safeties; the rest were top 20 schools. Took a huge risk, but I just got into UChicago yesterday so I can breathe now. Before yesterday though I was wishing that I had applied to some matches. Definitely wouldn’t advise future applicants to do what I did.</p>
<p>I applied to 7. One, the university in my hometown, is a financial safety. Four of the other schools because I wanted to see if they would offer me good financial aid, plus they had free or inexpensive apps. I did consider their offers but now am down to my original #1 choice, CU-Boulder (accepted) and Cornell (yet to hear).</p>
<p>Applied to 17</p>
<p>Accepted to 7.
Rejected from 2.
Waitlisted at 1.
Withdrew app from 1.
Waiting on 6 (3 ivies and 3 top 20 schools)</p>
<p>I applied to 11. So far, I’m 9-0.</p>
<p>I’d recommend applying to 6 or fewer.</p>
<p>i applied to one, was accepted with a full ride and status as a sophomore because of my credits and an automatic spot in the Honors college. so. i’m awesome!</p>
<p>I applied to 6 schools/7 music programs:</p>
<p>1 safety school
3 schools with 1 program audition/portfolio each
2 schools with 2 program auditions each</p>
<p>I was accepted into my safety school and have yet to hear from the rest. Fingers crossed!</p>