<p>It's my state university (arizona) which has a 77% acceptance rate and I have pretty good stats (top ten percent of class, ecs, etc). I don't want to spend too much on college and it's really close to where I live. I would fit under "unconditional admission" since i am instate. However, should I still apply to other schools...would it be dumb of me to just apply to the school im settled on?</p>
<p>If you can afford UA, go for it. A huge number of students apply to only one school, often a flagship, directional four year, or CC and are absolutely fine with it. Very few students in the real world (eg not CollegeConfidential) apply to 8+ colleges.</p>
<p>UA offers a really good National Scholars thing. haha i like how you said “students in the real world” and not collegeconfidential haha. I feel like I’m the only person on here who isn’t striving for ivy league.</p>
<p>But should i apply to two or three others to be safe at least?</p>
<p>Have you already visited the school, feel it’s a place you’ll thrive? Do you have any ideas of what you might study? You anticipate being NMF? You could apply to both the big state schools and spend time at both, comparing. They both have good NMF deals. Do you have a reason to favor UA over ASU? In case you are NMF, there are also several other OOS state flagships with similar scholarships. Do you want to stay close to home? But sure, nothing wrong with keeping it simple, so long as you feel good about that.</p>
<p>No it isn’t, at least for undergrad, as long as you’re significantly better than the average at schools with relatively easy admission (UA definitely is one) or meet all the requirements of the auto-admit plan.</p>
<p>For grad school applications (other than perhaps MSW, law school or teaching credential programs), however, it is a dumb move, especially if you’re talking about med school or PhD programs.</p>
<p>There is nothing wrong to apply to only one school. There are always alternatives if the odd is against you. There are Spring admission and community colleges. You can always transfer later. Those applying to multiple schools are usually aiming high forsome schools with low acceptance rate or to maximize their chance for better merit aid. If you feel secure with the one you are applying, it is financially affordable, and you really want to go there, there is no reason to apply to others.</p>
<p>@celesteroberts: I’m hoping to study pharmacy (so I chose UA for an obvious reason). </p>
<p>Thanks for everyone’s imput!</p>