How Many Schools Should You Apply To?

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<p>15-20 is borderline pushing it. 12-15 is a good number nowadays. No matter how much work you’ll spend you will start running dry of ways to uniquely describe yourself to each school, spreading yourself thin over that many schools will definitely reduce your chances at each school you apply to based on the less time spent as well as the lack of direction and commitment is shows to some places (you won’t be able to write the “why I want to attend” paragraph). Is your son still trying to figure out the type, size, environment etc. of school he’s looking for? Because after he trims the list of top tier schools down after judging based on a few criteria, he will find there are not 15-20 schools for him to even apply. I’m capping at 12 which includes 4-5 schools with higher acceptance rates (traditional
safeties although I don’t like to call them that). That’d be my suggestion based on everything I’ve read
Another thing to consider is there is application fee per school but, based on what I’ve seen from your other posts (you’re quite an avid poster) that won’t be an issue for you(excuse me if I’m mistaken)
There are some high schools that only send AP scores, transcripts to a maximum number of schools so you might want to check if you have not already done so. </p>

<p>Good luck with with your sons’ applications and final list of choices! Common App is out and there are a few schools that only require that (e.g. Harvard) with no supplements but that is a rarity. Most top tier schools have significant unique supplements that much time and thought of their own.
Congratulations on your sons excellent academic and scholastic record, I’m sure he will get into a great school that will make him, you and your family proud and him happy over the course of his studies. Btw, just having one EC is not a bad thing if he’s really passionate, motivated and does a lot for it.</p>

<pre><code> This is all, of course, my own limited and humble opinion as I am a rising senior as well.
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