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<p>Au contraire. A student who applies to many colleges, especially one applying to many colleges during the regular round (for the reasons mentioned by Chedva in a thoughtful post not too long before this post), applies to that many simply because the student doesn’t know which colleges will offer admission. The student may have a complete knowledge of which college dominates which as to that student’s preference about where to enroll, but all the applications have to be submitted to see which colleges will offer admission–and possibly to see what financial aid will be on offer.</p>