<p>I totally agree that students these days need to do more research when looking for schools to apply to. Too many kids dont look past one or two aspects of a college and therefore find way too many schools that they think they’d want to go to. They either look only at academics, or sports, or reputation, or location, or social scene, or price. All aspects of ones life must be taken into account, as they will be living at their college for 4+ years. Throught high school I’ve done a lot of research, especially during the summer before senior year, and was able to fing 6 schools that satisfy nearly all of my needs. I haven’t had the opportunity to travel to any of them, so doing research was key. And extensive research at that, seeing as not everything online is 100% accurate.
Anyways, the OP’s idea isn’t that great because 5 schools can be very limiting to some. However, I do believe that students need to research much more when looking for a school, not so that they don’t hinder other people’s chances, but so that they dont make a mistake. No one needs to apply to 20+ schools IF they do their research.</p>