<p>Obviously the more schools you apply to, the better your chances of getting in <em>at least one of them</em>--a little better, yes, not THAT much better, but a little better. Yes i know that if you do you will drop around 1.5K but still, you can only go to college once!! ^_^</p>
<p>Well, if you have a generally crappy set of stats then you're probably not going to get into any of the reaches no matter how many you apply to (it's not random, you know). </p>
<p>You're better off applying to a few school that your are really interested in, and then a few that you know you probably won't get into, but would love to go to if you could. YOu may find out you've been underestimating yourself.</p>
<p>well there are some cons..
1. investing hundreds of dollars just applying to schools
2. lowering the chance of people around you (schoolmates)
3. having to organize everything (FAFSA, applications, etcs)</p>
<p>In addition, it's sad to see all the kids in the lower stats (including some foreign kids and internationals) all applying to these random schools they have never heard of and interested in. Most of them in our school applied like 25+. damn fobs.
What has happened in our school was that those who were really interested in colleges such as BC, UMich, JohnsHopkins, etc. were being waitlisted and rejected because of the unusually high number of applicants in our school. This year, over 30 people from our school applied to UMich, and there are few who were REALLY interested and wanted to go to that school, but because of those unthinking and inconsiderate people who apply to ridiculously high number of schools, they were waitlisted and/or rejected.
Luckily I was the only one who applied to WashU. And I myself limited myself to only 8 schools.</p>
<p>personally, i wouldn't waste the money/time/energy, but that's just me, i guess</p>
<p>Generally someone interested in doing this will be applying to schools which require essays. With so many essays to write, there will definitely be a drop in quality. Yes, there will be some which can be reused. However, I think it is far more reasonable to winnow down the number of schools.</p>
<p>Financial aid was a major, major concern for us so my son applied to 12 schools. That seemed like a lot to us. I think your cost estimate is probably low when you consider application fees, CSS profile fees and CollegeBoard fees for sending exam scores. 25 schools just seems like trophy hunting to try to rack up the most acceptances or most "prestigious" acceptance. It certainly won't win any brownie points from guidance counselors or teachers making recommendations. And those are often people you come back to, asking for scholarship recommendations.</p>
<p>Yeah, it's dumb.</p>
<p>NARCISSA, LORD VOLDEMORT & DRACO WANT YOU!!!
anyways since i know some of your stats: you only need to apply to 3 colleges. your top 3. penn wharton, harvard, & mit. & i'll bet ur accepted to at least 2 of those 3</p>
<p>I wouldn't say so aznfishy. penn, harvard, and mit are impossibly hard to get into. You can't really know if you're going to get into a mere one school these days.</p>
<p>^ i'm just kidding w/ her since i know shes 1 of those ppl w/ stellar stats yet is still paranoid that she wont get into any colleges...not even community colleges....</p>
<p>Oh ok. Didn't get it there.</p>
<p>I agree with chanyxp and 2blue</p>
<p>any odds you wouldve gained by applying to a large number of reaches would be balanced by the drop in quality that would be inevitable if you applied to 25+ schools. you'd actually hurt yourself because you'd be doing so many applications that you would probably neglect the safeties/low matches, which, as is visible through the many threads on this board, is a big mistake---safeties and low matches are waitlisting tons of people who they don't think will matriculate.<br>
Even if, under the best circumstances, you were admitted to most of the schools you applied to, think about the consequences of your actions on yourself (since the fact that you'd be purposelessly hurting other members of your class, myself included, does not seem to bother you) and realize that you are putting more stress on yourself: Imagine being accepted to 15-20 colleges. You now have approx one month to make a huge decision, that most people have a lot of difficulty making with only a handful of colleges to choose from. </p>
<p>just, in general, not the best idea
instead, spend more time perfecting your applications to a few, well-chosen schools</p>
<p>I personally believe that you are completely out of your mind for considering doing this...
But to each their own.</p>
<p>If you can churn out all of those essays without a decrease in quality, more power to you. I personally felt overwhelmed with 10 schools.</p>
<p>What you should try to do (imo) is get rid of the schools you really don't know anything about- and stick with the ones you'll really love plus a safety and maybe a few other reaches.</p>
<p>Plus it would be difficult to keep track of all the finaid deadline and requirements for all those schools - there have already been several posts of this nature, "I applied to so many, I couldn't keep track, I missed the deadline, does it matter?"</p>
<p>i bet $5 narcissa was jokingwhen she started this thread..</p>
<p>^probably.</p>
<p>If you have the financial resources to do so and can churn out really good essays without a decrease in quality, then no, there's nothing wrong. However, chances are even if you can spare $2000, you'll probably want to apply for financial aid (which will become horrendous when you're applying to 25 schools with different deadlines), and even if you don't apply for financial aid, there's very likely to be a decrease in the quality of your essays.</p>
<p>I applied to 18 most reaches but I was regected ea at BC because so many people from my school applied that never wanted to go there so I can see both sides</p>
<p>Depends on money, time, and how carefully you are putting the list together.</p>
<p>Okay, no joke, my friend applied to 21 colleges, many of which were reaches. She ended up kicking herself for lacking self-confidence. Not only did she have a difficult decision choosing between the schools she got into, she also had to scramble to make deadlines (and not just for financial aid stuff. A lot of schools required supplements or had their own application). She ended up creating a ton of unnecessary work and drama for herself (not to mention she spent about $2k on applications. Needless to say, her parents were extremely angry when they got their credit card bill and forced her to get a job in order to help pay it off).</p>