<p>Let's say...</p>
<p>If you could only apply to one college and ONLY one college for your ENTIRE LIFE.
Reach, safety, match?</p>
<p>Then most of us wouldn't need a college education.</p>
<p>Then perhaps a match/safety I mean afterall what college you go to doesn't matter as much as what you make of it.</p>
<p>Reach. Brown or Princeton or Duke.</p>
<p>If I didn't get in, no big deal.</p>
<p>This is so interesting. It says much about your future decisions, your risk profiles. Those willing to take the big chance and those who choose the safe route. Future entrepreneurs v. future dependable employees.</p>
<p>carnegie mellon</p>
<p>I'd still apply Cornell</p>
<p>I would apply to JHU.</p>
<p>Penn State University Park, because thats where the party is...</p>
<p>Actually, if everyone can only apply to one, then it would make the college admissions process easier. There wont be those who apply to like 20 and get accepted to all. There would also be alot of people not going to college. If the acceptance rate for a certain school is 20% (which is not that bad), then 80% would not get to go to college the rest of their life. That would suck for them.</p>
<p>even at state schools, if it's an 80% acceptance rate, 2 people aren't getting in, and that adds up</p>
<p>well since people would ony apply to one college, acceptance rates would be pretty high</p>
<p>...at good colleges i think they'd still be pretty scary. lets say out of harvard's 20k applicants, 75% dont apply there from fear. thats still 5000 applicatns left for 1600 spots. 33% accept rate...so 3400 people are gonna be some of the smartest in the coutnry, and without a college education.</p>
<p>i'd go with a match, rather than a safety though</p>
<p>I don't know why, but College Board said that Rice University was a good match for me. I applied, anyway, and am waiting for an answer. But risking a college career for reputation is crazy in my opinion. Fortunately, Rice is a prestigious school and also a good match, so I suppose I would apply there. But maybe not. No, definitely not. Still too risky. I'd go to UT, my safety school.(Well not anymore now that I got accepted to MIT) I love UT and definitely wouldn't mind going there. It would be worth the lack of worry that I would not get a college education for the rest of my life.</p>
<p>Definitely safety: UT Austin ( honors engineering)
Not having a college education is scary. Even entrepreneurs don't take stupid risks, and IMO, applying to a reach and risk not having a college education is pretty stupid.</p>
<p>If it were just one per year, I'd do what I did and only apply to Reed, which I suppose is a match. If it was one school for the rest of my life, I'd still probably apply to Reed but SUNY Stony Brook would be tempting since it's a sure thing and I like it there.</p>
<p>i would definitely apply to a reach. even if i didn't get in, a year spent experiencing life away from school would be far better than 4 years at a school that didn't inspire me. and it would be nice to have some fun...</p>
<p>Lehigh University cause I could go for free or Penn State (main campus)...in most cases, college is college, no matter which school you attend.</p>
<p>The ultimate reach- Princeton</p>
<p>but the question changed to what if you could only apply one your entire life</p>