<p>I am applying to around 25 colleges. I am applying to all the ivy league (minus Princeton and Yale), and schools like Amherst, Tufts, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Grinnell, University of Florida and Florida State.
Is that too much too the point of being overwhelmed with the supplements and everything? The money isn't really an issue, but i just don't want to take on a task that is too monumental.</p>
<p>One question: Why?</p>
<p>If it doesn’t stretch you past your limit, I say go for it. You will have more options than vast majority of applicants. You can use that to your advantage.</p>
<p>Yes that is way too many.
There is no need to apply to 25 schools and all the ivies. Try applying ED to your 1st choice and if you don’t get in apply to your other schools but not all of them. I think money won’t be an issue if you can afford 30-80 dollars per application and you’re planning on 25.</p>
<p>why? because i am an overachiever, to be blunt</p>
<p>Applying to 25 schools isn’t over achieving, it’s a waste of time and money. You don’t need to apply to all of those schools it doesn’t prove anything. Don’t apply to schools for the name apply because you could be happy there.</p>
<p>Wow, hope some of those schools are on the free application fee list! That is over $1500 in aplication fees at least!</p>
<p>OP, if you are really an overachiever, you do not need to apply to 25 schools just to make sure you get into one.</p>
<p>bandgeek has it exactly right. Do the hard work necessary to select schools that fit your personality and interests and apply to them. And make sure you have a couple of safety schools on your list, because reach school adcoms may not be as impressed with your achievements as you yourself are.</p>
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<p>What was that PT Barnum said about a sucker being born every minute? 'Course, what does it matter if it’s mommy and daddy’s money?</p>
<p>I wish my 17 old son would think like you.</p>
<p>With acceptance rates at some of the tip top schools at 7%, and 20-30% at the next tier, I fully agree with you that you should apply to 25 schools.</p>
<p>You never know what a particular school will find interesting about your application, and it is a total crapshoot.</p>
<p>The reason I say this is that my brother’s son got into Cornell, but go waitlisted at Syracuse and Northeastern (that’s NorthEASTERN, not Northwestern).</p>
<p>My thoughts are that you would be applying to those schools you have a good chance at, but then you might as well apply to the entire Ivy League and Stanford, because you have nothing to lose.</p>
<p>Even then, you might only get into 2 or 3. If you apply to only 8 top schools, you might get into ZERO.</p>
<p>That being said, it really isn’t an issue of being a “high achiever”. In my view, that is not the reason to do it. The reason is the low acceptance rates.</p>
<p>Just make sure no more than 20 of them are on the Common App.</p>
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Except it isn’t governed by probability. 7% of people get in, but it doesn’t mean everyone has a 7% chance. If you don’t have the right stuff, it doesn’t matter how many low-admit-rate schools you apply to.</p>
<p>By the way, my kid lives in Florida, so will no doubt be applying to UF and FSU as well. As you may have noticed by reading the UF sight, even tip top students get rejected at UF, so even if you have great stats, there is no guaranty you will get into UF.</p>
<p>So my advice is to apply to lots of schools. My son won’t take my advice, because he says it would be too many essays to write</p>
<p>^Your son may have a different understanding than you. It does not necessarily mean that he is wrong or being naive.</p>
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Yeah, UF can get a little screwy like that, but an app to FSU or UCF will make sure of that. Though, if UF is going to be a problem for an in-state student, maybe applying to all the top 20 schools isn’t a great idea.</p>
<p>All the schools that I am applying too are ones that i would go to and I can see my self at. And you never know what a school will see in you and there is always a chance you can get in, even if it is a very small chance.
Floridadad: I agree with what you are saying about UF, but i feel they reject a lot of good students because they are really overpopulated. There have been a lot of budget cuts recently as well which may affect how many kids they might be accepting</p>
<p>It’ll probably cost more than $1500 because there are SAT, ACT and SAT subject scores to submit. Which are $10 to each college</p>
<p>My son has super high SAT scores and is in the top 5% of his class.</p>
<p>Yet I still fear he might not get into UF.</p>
<p>I see lots of postings on the UF sight from kids who say they got rejected at UF despite having stellar credentials, and where the kids got into BETTER schools than UF, such as Virginia and even MIT. And there are postings on that sight defending such actions, saying that since it is a state university, that UF doesn’t necessarily have to take the best students, because there are other considerations they take into account.</p>
<p>Forgot about those DareDreamer!</p>
<p>I’ve never heard of anyone applying to 8 schools and getting into none of them unless they were all reaches or odd admissions. You have a safety or 2 your matches and your reaches as long as your safeties aren’t top tier schools you should be fine.</p>
<p>I feel if I limited myself to 8 or 10, I would also limit my options. Even details like dorm conditions, quality of the food, Greek life and racial diversity are factors that can make or break a decision for me.
I feel I have a decent chance since i have a high GPA and am in the run for valedictorian. I am also a competitive figure skater, editor in chief of my yearbook and play varsity lacrosse. My SAT and ACT scores are decent but i plan on improving them.</p>