<p>I was wondering what the largest number of schools your kids applied to. For my daughter, it was 6. Two of her friends applied to 12 and 13 schools respectively.</p>
<p>one friend of my daughters reportedly applied to 18 ( he attended a different high school- ended up at Brandeis)
She applied to 5.
Lots of her friends actually applied ED, so they only had to apply to one!</p>
<p>When my D and I visited UNC last Spring, we met a girl who had VISITED 43 colleges, before applying!! She applied to 23 of those schools, and surprisingly ended up only atteding 1.</p>
<p>8 total. with one as safety. Fall 2001. I feel sorry for kids in 2005/6/7 where their raw numbers are even higher for the same quantity of slots.</p>
<p>My DD applied to two schools and was accepted to both.</p>
<p>Eleven</p>
<p>Final score: 8-1-2</p>
<p>Tried to keep it to 8, but ended up with 9. Accepted at 7, waitlisted at 2. Only attending 1.</p>
<p>My neighbor's son applied to 14 & got into most.<br>
My son has finished applying to 7, needs to resubmit a file for an 8th & may apply to a 9th by 3/1 deadline. <sigh> Has not heard back from any of his schools yet.
My niece applied to 2 & got into both--large local state U & large out-of-state U, where she's now a junior & very happy.</sigh></p>
<p>My daughter applied to 12.... but she only paid application fees for 5 (she got fee waivers for the rest). Five years ago, my son applied to 9.</p>
<p>Daughter #2 (type A) applied to 9, and only one was a freebie. No EA's. She has heard from 2, still waiting on the other 7. She had a longer list but I wouldn't let her apply to any more. Apparently she labors under the assumption that the tree in the backyard is a money tree.:rolleyes:</p>
<p>Daughter #1, the future geologist who has interned with the Carnegie Institue and Scripps Intitute of Oceanography, applied to four state universities on the very last day to apply. She chose one strictly off of their website on that evening (because you could submit one application for up to 4 universities (Cal State). LOL. Could they be any different?</p>
<p>Only 4. 2 public/2 private. 2 big/2 small. In with scholarships at 3. Waiting to hear from #4.</p>
<p>D1 applied to 8. That was her true list. However, the state U offered her a free ride (goes to every val in the state) and free application and so she did file it though that school had not been on her list. So, 9 apps actually were sent.
Outcome, accepted to 7, waitlisted at 1, deferred EA then rejected at 1. Scholarships to the two schools on her list that offer Merit Aid.
Attending 1.</p>
<p>D2 also applied to 8 schools. Her situation was not a normal college process like D1 who had a balanced list in terms of odds. She still applied to 8, however, like her sister. But all of hers would be considered a Reach because the acceptance rates ranged from 3-10% at her schools, plus required auditions. She also was not a normal applicant as she was graduating after three years of high school.
Her outcome was accepted to 5, accepted to the college but not the program at 1, waitlisted at 1, rejected at 1. Scholarships to all.
Attending 1.</p>
<p>(I do think it is important to point out that you can only attend 1, so I'm adding that as someone else did above!)</p>
<p>I am a current college student and I applied to over 15 colleges when I was first beginning the application process. Now I know that you must be thinking that that is a large number and a lot of work with applications and recommendations and such, but if you use the common application you can apply to a lot all at once. Plus in my state we only have one application and you can apply to four schools with it (like klmcpa). So just by using these two methods you can apply to a very wide range of colleges in a relatively short period of time. Most were free to me because I used fee waivers (which my high school handed out pretty liberally). The best thing about applying to all of the colleges was that it gave a better perspective and range when the admissions began to roll in. I could compare each and every school that wanted to attend and even if I didn't really want to go there I could evaluate there financial aid packages and use them as a "bargaining tool" for the schools that I really wanted to attend. If you call most competitive colleges that you recieve a low financial aid package from you can tell them that college A gave you a much better package and you can send them this information from the other colleges and if they really want you then they will find a way to up your financial aid to at least meet, or exceed the other schools. So, that is why I would apply to a large number of schools, it may not be right, but it is good to use them as "bargaining pawns" against each other to get a great financial aid package; although it does take a lot of leg work on the student's part beforehand.
Well, this is just a perspective from a student. I hope that this may help explain why we want to apply to a large number of schools and why, if you have the time and money, it may be a good idea to apply to a few more then you originally planned on. I hope this helps....</p>
<p>As an ED admit, my son officially 1. Plan was to apply to 8 in total, which was his high school's limit. Had there not been a limit, he would have applied to 10. (And, had he not been accepted ED, he may have challenged that limit, but thankfully didn't need to!)</p>
<p>Applied to 8. Have received 4 acceptances so far, waiting on decisions from the final four. The last of the "important" decisions should be in today! Remaining three include an economic reach, an academic reach and a match.</p>
<p>Applied to 7 ...6 for 6 in acceptences at the moment.</p>
<p>Daughter applied for 1 - guess we don't win</p>
<p>To the people prouldy proclaiming they only applied to 1 or 2... maybe you should state whether merit aid was going to be an issue or not.</p>
<p>If the student is a 2.9 GPA with 1150 sats then merit aid is doubtful anywhere.</p>
<p>Or the parents are wealthy and don't have a problem forking over 30-40K/yr so just apply to first choice ED.</p>
<p>Or the parents have an EFC of $0 and student will be getting full need-based aid whereever they apply to.</p>
<p>But for those applying to 6 or more I can see the common sense if merit aid is going to needed. The merit aid given out can vary widely so you'll need to cast a wider net to find the best match for school vs final cost (after aid).</p>
<p>This is a pointless survey if people don't provide a sentence or two to why they applied to only a few vs many.</p>
<p>
[quote]
She applied to 23 of those schools, and surprisingly ended up only atteding 1.
[/quote]
</p>
<p>LOL!</p>
<p>S applied EA to 1; he had to apply RD to another because the deadline was the same time as the EA school notification. He is attending the EA school. Merit aid and financial aid were not a consideration.</p>
<p>so it seems to me from this thread & other reading, that we have 3 general buckets here...the ED/EA's with 1 or 2, the middle of the road pack with 7 or 8, and the 12+ group....interesting</p>