<p>Someone at my school applied to 30+ schools.</p>
<p>I'm serious</p>
<p>^^that person = insane</p>
<p>im only applying to 10 schools max...3 safety, 3 match, 4 reach...</p>
<p>20ish, most are reach, is reasonable if playing the number game.</p>
<p>I just want to know from people on this website specifically, why so many schools? Just for a safety net or could you really just not bear to cut down your list?
On the other hand, a senior last year told me that he applied to 24 schools. And he really didn't know why.</p>
<p>A friend of mine applied to 18 because her parents wanted her to have the best options. They actually encouraged her to apply for more.</p>
<p>my parents wanted me to apply to like 7 more. (i applied to 11) They wnated me to include Princeton, dartmouth, upenn, uchicago, UCB, UCLA, brown, duke, georgetown, JHU.</p>
<p>i applied to 13 first time around and this time im only going for 7 or 8. I had great ec's, div1 recruited athlete, and great test scores but terrible GPA. i didn't know how schools would judge it, so i figured i'd play it safe and apply to a whole slew of different places.</p>
<p>believe me... i haven't been out of the house for let's say 3 weeks because of my "record breaking" amount...</p>
<p>between 30-35 schools.</p>
<p>accepted to 2 state schools already. (not UCs)</p>
<p>yeah i'm pretty psycho.</p>
<p>but i applied to all of the UCs and that counts as one application so around 20 i guess if you just count apps.</p>
<p>i think there's no problem in applying to as many colleges as u want to because you want options. that's true for me.</p>
<p>Am a junior, but I have heard of a few people in my school who are applying to as many as 20!</p>
<p>Dunno what I'm going to do yet... probably will apply to 10 at most... but could change over time.</p>
<p>I applied to 10 schools. So far, I got accepted into 2 that I am considering. I didn't have to pay for 3 schools. Allegheny since I got a special application, Rose-Hulman just because lol, and NYU because my parents make less than 20k a year. Sooo that was nice. My guidance counselor said she'd write requests for fee waivers for me, but I just have to pay for Purdue and RIT and to send my SAT scores to NYU, Purdue, and RIT. I guess I'm done with apps. It's kind of disappointing because I don't think I'll go where I reallllly want to go but we'll see.</p>
<p>i did 12, and my teacher thought that was a lot.</p>
<p>I Can't Stress How Stupid ThIS Is. Have You Ever Though Of GOING TO Grad School? Scratch Those Schools From Your List Now.
I applied to one match, whivh was stupid. Now I of course I am applying to 6 schools (which are reaches for everyone) for transfer.
I think 10 is perfect. 6 reaches 2 matches and 2 safeties.</p>
<p>I, being the guy who applied to 24 schools, have made these observations. While it was a lot of work, it became easier and easier to write the supplemental essays (almost all were on the common app) because I reused a lot of the same themes. Also I have the ackward position of being a B+/A- student (except not really because my school has weird grades) with 2080 SATs and "weird" extracirriculars so I have a shot almost everywhere but am also not a lock almost anywhere.</p>
<p>^ that's true. it did become easier and easier. a lot of the questions were rather repetititve.</p>
<p>whats wrong with doing 23 collegs...law of numbers will help you</p>
<p>a kid from my high school applied to ~35. he paid two or three grand on app. fees. =/</p>
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Why would anyone want to do that?</p>
<p>I applied to nine, thought it was a good amount. </p>
<p>4-6 reachy schools
3-5 match/safties</p>
<p>whoever applied to 20+ schools where the heck did you apply and how much did it cost?</p>
<p>I applied to 6: 2 reaches, 2 matches, & 2 safties. I got into my 1st choice reach :)</p>