What's the Highest Number of Schools You Know Someone Applied to?

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<p>so zzzzzzzzzzz, you left out the punch line! Exactly how many common app schools are there? What would the total bill in app fees be?</p>

<p>ok... answering my own question; A quick trip to commonapp.org reveals a numbered list of colleges... 298 total!!! Some are free... but let's say $50 per app. That would be $14,900!! And don't forget score reports! $9.5 * 298 = $2831. I say, Go for it! </p>

<p>1 Adelphi University
2 Agnes Scott College
3 Albertson College of Idaho
4 Albion College
5 Albright College
6 Alfred University
7 Allegheny College
8 American University
9 Amherst College
10 Antioch College
11 Arcadia University
12 Assumption College
13 Atlantic, College of the
14 Austin College
15 Babson College
16 Baldwin-Wallace College
17 Bard College
18 Barnard College
19 Bates College
20 Belmont University
21 Beloit College
22 Bennington College
23 Bentley College
24 Bethany College
25 Binghamton University, State Univ of New York *
26 Birmingham-Southern College
27 Boston College
28 Boston University
29 Bowdoin College
30 Bradley University
31 Brandeis University
32 Bryant University
33 Bryn Mawr College
34 Bucknell University
35 Burlington College
36 Butler University
37 California Lutheran University
38 Caltech (California Institute of Technology)
39 Carleton College
40 Carnegie Mellon University
41 Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
42 Case Western Reserve University
43 Catholic University of America
44 Cazenovia College
45 Centenary College of Louisiana
46 Centre College
47 Champlain College
48 Chatham College
49 Claremont McKenna College
50 Clark University
51 Clarkson University
52 Coe College
53 Colby College
54 Colby-Sawyer College
55 Colgate University
56 Colorado College
57 Concordia College - New York
58 Connecticut College
59 Converse College
60 Cornell College (Iowa)
61 Cornell University
62 Creighton University
63 Dallas, University of
64 Dartmouth College
65 Davidson College
66 Delaware, University of *
67 Denison University
68 Denver, University of
69 DePauw University
70 Dickinson College
71 Doane College
72 Dominican University of California
73 Drew University
74 Drexel University
75 Duke University
76 Earlham College
77 Eckerd College
78 Elizabethtown College
79 Elmira College
80 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
81 Emmanuel College (Massachusetts)
82 Emory University
83 Eugene Lang College
84 Fairfield University
85 Findlay, University of
86 Fisk University
87 Florida Southern College
88 Fordham University
89 Franklin and Marshall College
90 Furman University
91 Geneseo College, State University of New York *
92 George Fox University
93 George Washington University
94 Gettysburg College
95 Gonzaga University
96 Goucher College
97 Green Mountain College
98 Grinnell College
99 Guilford College
100 Gustavus Adolphus College
101 Hamilton College
102 Hampden-Sydney College
103 Hampshire College
104 Hanover College
105 Hartwick College
106 Harvard College
107 Harvey Mudd College
108 Haverford College
109 Hendrix College
110 Hillsdale College
111 Hiram College
112 Hobart & William Smith Colleges
113 Hofstra University
114 Hollins University
115 Holy Cross, College of the
116 Illinois Wesleyan University
117 Iona College
118 Ithaca College
119 John Carroll University
120 Johns Hopkins University
121 Juniata College
122 Kalamazoo College
123 Kenyon College
124 Knox College
125 La Roche College
126 La Salle University
127 La Verne, University of
128 Lafayette College
129 Lake Forest College
130 Lawrence Technological University
131 Lawrence University
132 Le Moyne College
133 Lehigh University
134 Lesley College
135 Lewis & Clark College
136 Linfield College
137 Loyola College in Maryland
138 Loyola University New Orleans
139 Luther College
140 Macalester College
141 Maine, University of *
142 Maine, University of (Farmington) *
143 Manhattan College
144 Manhattanville College
145 Marietta College
146 Marist College
147 Marlboro College
148 Marquette University
149 Mary Washington, University of *
150 Massachusetts Amherst, University of *</p>

<p>151 Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
152 McDaniel College
153 Merrimack College
154 Miami University (Ohio) *
155 Miami, University of (Florida)
156 Middlebury College
157 Mills College
158 Millsaps College
159 Moravian College
160 Morehouse College
161 Mount Holyoke College
162 Mount Saint Vincent, College of
163 Muhlenberg College
164 Naropa University
165 Nazareth College
166 New College of Florida *
167 New England College
168 New Hampshire, University of *
169 New Jersey, The College of *
170 New York University
171 Nichols College
172 Northeastern University
173 Northland College
174 Northwestern University
175 Notre Dame de Namur University
176 Notre Dame of Maryland, College of
177 Oberlin College
178 Occidental College
179 Oglethorpe University
180 Ohio Wesleyan University
181 Pace University
182 Pacific, University of the
183 Pennsylvania, University of
184 Pitzer College
185 Pomona College
186 Portland, University of
187 Presbyterian College
188 Prescott College
189 Princeton University
190 Providence College
191 Puget Sound, University of
192 Queens University of Charlotte
193 Randolph-Macon College
194 Randolph-Macon Woman's College
195 Redlands, University of
196 Reed College
197 Regis College (Massachusetts)
198 Regis University (Colorado)
199 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
200 Rhodes College
201 Rice University
202 Richmond, University of
203 Rider University
204 Ripon College
205 Rochester Institute of Technology
206 Rochester, University of
207 Roger Williams University
208 Rollins College
209 Sacred Heart University
210 Saint Anselm College
211 Saint Benedict, College of, & Saint John's University
212 Saint Joseph's College of Maine
213 Saint Joseph's University
214 Saint Leo University
215 Saint Louis University
216 Saint Mary's College (Indiana)
217 Saint Mary's College of California
218 Saint Michael's College
219 Saint Peter's College
220 Saint Vincent College
221 Salem College (North Carolina)
222 Salve Regina University
223 San Diego, University of
224 San Francisco, University of
225 Santa Clara University
226 Santa Fe, College of
227 Sarah Lawrence College
228 Scranton, University of
229 Scripps College
230 Seattle University
231 Seton Hall University
232 Seton Hill University
233 Sewanee (University of the South)
234 Siena College
235 Simmons College
236 Skidmore College
237 Smith College
238 Southern Maine, University of *
239 Southern Methodist University
240 Southern New Hampshire University
241 Southwestern University
242 Spelman College
243 Spring Hill College
244 St. Lawrence University
245 St. Norbert College
246 St. Olaf College
247 Stetson University
248 Stevens Institute of Technology
249 Stonehill College
250 Suffolk University
251 Susquehanna University
252 Swarthmore College
253 Sweet Briar College
254 Syracuse University
255 Tampa, University of
256 TCU (Texas Christian University)
257 Transylvania University
258 Trinity College (Connecticut)
259 Trinity University (San Antonio)
260 Tufts University
261 Tulane University
262 Tulsa, University of
263 Union College (New York)
264 Ursinus College
265 Utica College
266 Valparaiso University
267 Vanderbilt University
268 Vassar College
269 Vermont, University of *
270 Villanova University
271 Wabash College
272 Wagner College
273 Wake Forest University
274 Washington & Jefferson College
275 Washington & Lee University
276 Washington College (Maryland)
277 Washington University in St. Louis
278 Webster University
279 Wellesley College
280 Wells College
281 Wesleyan University
282 Westminster College (Missouri)
283 Westminster College (Pennsylvania)
284 Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
285 Wheelock College
286 Whitman College
287 Whittier College
288 Willamette University
289 William and Mary, College of *
290 William Jewell College
291 Williams College
292 Wilson College
293 Wittenberg University
294 Wofford College
295 Wooster, The College of
296 WPI (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
297 Xavier University
298 Yale University</p>

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<p>My D is just getting around to her 9th supplement and is fatigued by the process, as are her parents. I can't imagine 15 much less 40.</p>

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<p>The concept of applying to all Common App schools is so silly -- I mean, they're all over the place in terms of -- everything!! Yale and Agnes Scott College and Massachusetts College of Pharmacy??!! (Just to pick a few random ones.) Thank goodness the counselor talked them out of it. That's just plain silly!</p>

<p>cptofthehouse: I take your point. I didn't realize that.</p>

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<p>Like i said some people are scholar or something like that, they are waived by admission fees, so all they need is click online and apply, no need to pay. But still more than 15 schools is too much and waste time, even 10 is considered high.</p>

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<p>My cousin's daughter is applying to 18. I've seen the list and its not appropriate for her academic (low) level. I don't know what the college counselor is thinking. Setting up a family for major disappointments. I told my cousin to post on What are My Chances but sometimes I don't think people want reality checks. oh well.</p>

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<p>I was at a party this past weekend, and the son of our hosts said he had applied to 18 schools. I thought it was utterly ridiculous, so I just nodded and smiled. I didn't ask any questions. ;)</p>

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<p>Most I ever heard of was a friend's kid who applied to 19 -- and was admitted to all 19 too, including HYPS. I never could figure out why a kid who was strong enough to sweep the HYPS board felt the need to apply to that many schools. He ended up at Yale.</p>

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<p>I have one friend who applied to 18 schools, another to 23. Both had the support of their own parents (but raised eyebrows from the rest of ours), and both are of the Class of 2007.</p>

<p>Our school's record was broken last year when someone applied to 60 (oh goodness gracious, SIXTY?!) schools; this was confirmed by the registrar's office. The people there wouldn't reveal who it was, but we're all pretty sure it wasn't someone who ended up anywhere great.</p>

<p>By the way, people here are generally too rich to have fees waived. I don't even want to bother with the calculations (since the registrar's office also charges exponentially for each transcript sent), but, then again, people in this area -can- manage to pay those sorts of prices.</p>

<p>I only applied to 7, though.</p>

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<p>Sixty?? You gotta be kidding. That is absolutely nuts. It would be interesting to see if the registrar's office will tell you how many the student was accepted to. I hope for all that time and money they were accepted at more than one . . .</p>

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<p>Maybe some kids think it's easier to apply first and research the schools later (after acceptance) vs. trying to find the best match schools up front. Kind of like the people who apply to six safety schools.</p>

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<p>By the way, when we ran our poll (How</a> Many Colleges Did You Apply To?) last year, about 38% of responders applied to 10 or more schools.</p>

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<p>did we ask WHY? and if they could see themselves at each and every school</p>

<p>there were many posts last year for kids who got acceptences at schools they had no real intention of going to who had wished they had done more research before hand, and put focus and energy into fewer applications that were chosen more selectiveley and carefully</p>

<p>guess I don't get the willynilly approach taken for something so important</p>

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<p>Fees can be waived for reasons other than financial need (i.e. merit-based, as judged by standardized test scores). They occasionally accompany the "Please apply here!" letters and brochures. Some schools also waive the fee if you apply online...stuff like that. No, it's not the majority, but juuust for the record.</p>

<p>I know a fair number of west coasters who applied to lots and lots of east coast schools without knowing much about them. It makes sense in some ways, especially considering that so many of those schools are big reaches (top LACs, ivies). Given spotty odds, it's cheaper to fill out the applications now than pay for the trip, and if you're admitted and still interested upon a bit of further research, THEN you can make a more purposeful visit. I think there are a lot of benefits to seeing a school after you're already accepted, so if you can only visit once, there can be a lot of logic to "over-applying," so to speak.</p>

<p>(Mind you, by "over-applying" I definitely do not mean 60 schools. Wow.)</p>

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<p>Visiting schools is seriously expensive, both in terms of time and money. I can well understand applying to schools that the student has never visited. </p>

<p>When I was a young thing, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, many of my friends applied to colleges on the basis of reputation and areas of specialty, without ever visiting them. </p>

<p>Next year my DD will apply to a few that are just too far away and too isolated to justify visiting if she's not going to be accepted AND get serious financial aid.</p>

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<p>I can understand not being able to visit schools and still applying, of course that is what most people do</p>

<p>BUT, do kids that apply to top LAC really look at the schools- through books, online, the communities, the courses, the dorms, the campus</p>

<p>you can find an awful lot about schools by looking at say, majors offered</p>

<p>I mean some apply to schools in isolated communites without really thinking, do I want that kind of school</p>

<p>I think a student should be able to strike a balance and do a little work beforehand</p>

<p>Seems kind of lazy to just through a bunch of cards in the air, see what lands faceup THEN see what you can do...why not narrow down the list a bit, and while you do that, you learn about yourself and what you really want</p>

<p>I think the average ay my Ds school, not counting the UC system is about 6</p>

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<p>i know someone that applied to 18</p>

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<p>I know someone who applied to 75 schools. Needless to say, she didn't end up anywhere good.</p>