Is applying to 15 schools too much?

College Search & Selection
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<p>The reason I’m applying to so many schools is plainly because:

  1. As you said, it is a crapshoot. I used to have a friend who was literally 2400/4.0 and 3 800s on separate SAT II exams. The guy was alsoHe was accepted to Brown, Princeton, Harvard, U Penn, Columbia, Caltech and George Washington State. The only school that rejected him was Cornell. CORNELL. Crapshoot.</p>

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<p>I’m just hoping that at least one of my top choices does accept me. I can’t control whether or not Tufts think I am using them as a safety. Either way, if. I get accepted to Harvard or only to Howard, I will be happy. But I view my luck positively because I believe the odds are in my favor.</p>