Seniors, to how many schools did you apply?

Applying to College
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<p>I think my D ended up submitting 14 applications. I lost count at the end. Many of these were high reaches. She didn't want to have any regrets later about not aiming high enough.</p>

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I remember reading about 5 or 6 years ago, that the narrower you could refine your list the more successful your applications were likely to be. Wonder if anyone has redone that survey given the recent admissions madness? Perhaps I should encourage D to expand her list of possibilities.

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In the the first post you mentioned shooting for 5 schools ... if your child is shooting for top tier schools I believe 5 is a very small number of schools and making it much more likely s/he ends up at a safety. Personally, if a student is shooting got top tier schools, or merit scholarships, or audition based schools that kids should apply to more schools ... as many that are good fits and they can do a quality job on the applications. And I think that mindset led to the middgle range of answers which seem to be in the 8-12 school range. The 2-2-2 startegy sounds good but unless your kid is a drop dead perfect candidate for the reach schools makes getting into a reach pretty unlikely ... I'm more of a fan of something like a 7-3-2 strategy.</p>

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<p>Wow, thirty schools? That seems ridiculous. I applied to eight: two safeties, 5 matches, and a reach.</p>

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<p>8 in all (6 UC schools + Boston College + USD)</p>

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<ol>
<li> Falling in love with your safety is a beautiful thing.</li>
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<p>originally i had 10, but i blew off two. so i have 2 safeties, 1 match and 5 reaches.
and i cant imagine applying to 30 colleges! wow.</p>

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<p>I applied to 11.</p>

<p>10 Reaches and 1 Safety.</p>

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<p>Hey 1down,
geek_son applied to four -- three safeties (one local/full ride-plus, one free/effortless application, one last-minute geographically desirable that spammed him non-stop) and one highly selective match.</p>

<p>The safeties were so-so, in that he was never really crazy about any of them. The match was a match in every way -- stats, mission, personality -- and he loved it. Admitted to the match ED, so never continued with his list. The list included, I think, three or four more colleges. All colleges at which he had a reasonable shot, stats-wise; they'd be called "high matches" or "reaches" because of their selectivity.</p>

<p>In retrospect, I'm glad I didn't push him to complete the other applications, especially all those essays. I think my push for safeties made him think I doubted him -- which wasn't the case, but I did doubt the process. Honestly, I think it would have been a more pleasant application season for him if I'd spent less time lurking on CC and worrying. :o He doesn't visit CC... I think that's healthy. :rolleyes:</p>

<p>Having those merit-offering rolling-admission safeties in the bag early did take some pressure off him, though -- especially the local one, which went out of its way to let him know he was wanted. If your daughter doesn't have a couple of those on her list, I'd encourage her to add one or two and bag them in September.</p>

<p>His school encourages students to apply to five colleges and five private scholarship funds. Many students at his school have even shorter college lists. But those lists seldom include the names that get tossed around on CC.</p>

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<p>my D applied to 14! so far 1 acceptance,no rejection! i cross my fingers!!</p>

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<p>4 safeties...
7 other ones. I'm actually leaving one of my applications incomplete... so I personally count it as 6.</p>

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<p>3: 1 ED, 2 EA
Got in ED (Gettysburg) and withdrew 2 EA's (Fordham & Loyola)
Probably would have gone 7 more if all above were rejections: 3 safe, 3 match, 1 reach</p>

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<p>I applied to 11: 2 safeties (already in) & 9 ranging from low match to high reach.</p>

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<p>19, but I only left the apps in at 14.</p>

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<p>I apply 8 schools so far and going to apply to a private university soon.</p>

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<p>5 schools:
4 reaches, 1 safety.</p>

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<p>Son applied to one, first choice (ED). Got in.</p>

<p>Daughter applied to one, first choice (IDP....like ED but non-binding). Got in.</p>

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<p>6:
1 reach
3 matches
2 safeties</p>

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<p>2
Bowdoin College- ED</p>

<p>Tulane-Priority Application</p>

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<p>10:
1 safety
1 match
8 reaches (some are more of a reach than others)</p>

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<p>Only 1, and I got accepted pretty quickly. It's an easy school to get into though, and my guidance counselor said I was pretty much guaranteed to get in lol.</p>