<p>Exactly my sentiment, I'm not rich and I don't want to bother with 10 colleges. Some are applying to 18. WTH??</p>
<p>I'm probably going 2~3, like I said. No need to waste over $1000 unless you're rich as hell.</p>
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Well it's not fair to the people applying to less than five schools
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<p>Life ain't fair.</p>
<p>I honestly don't see how people apply to more than 8 schools. I plan on applying to about 6, which I think is quite enough. In the back of my mind I'm thinking that applying to these 5 other schools is a waste of time since I'll probably end up going to my safety (which has the cheapest app fee of $35). I think only one of the schools uses the common app, and it's optional, so I probably won't even bother. With fees averaging $65/app, I don't see how people can afford so many schools on top of testing fees, prep books, and other related expenses unless they're rich.</p>
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I honestly don't see how people apply to more than 8 schools. I plan on applying to about 6, which I think is quite enough.
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To everyone on this thread with this sentiment: wait until you've applied.
Stop giving your opinion when you have nothing to base it off of. Applying to 10 schools is not a challenge at all.<br>
And ditto on aisgzdavinci- life isn't fair.</p>
<p>Now, I agree that above 10 is ridiculous. That is not because of the applications or the money though (but it should be a consideration; this is personal to each applicant). What it comes down to though, if you've applied to 18 (or however many) schools, and you get accepted to 15 of them, you're going to have problems deciding.<br>
I was accepted into 10 out of my 10 schools (4 reaches, 3 matches, 3 safeties), and it came down to 3 to choose from... one of the toughest decisions I've had to make. And it wasn't easy.</p>
<p>I'm applying to nine as of now, but I may add one or two. </p>
<p>My school recommends 1 safety, 2-3 matches, and 1 reach. The thing is, in this day and age, it's almost impossible to determine what a 'match' is, once you've got the stats and what not... because at the upper-tier schools, admission is unpredictable. I'd classify my schools as three safeties, two matches, and four reaches. If you've got high enough statistics to go to the schools with unpredictable admissions, is it not logical to apply to more than one 'reach'? Because by no means can a 4.0 and 2300+ guarantee you admission to a top school, but is it not beneficial?</p>
<p>I'm planning on applying to 8-10 schools because admissions are so unpredictable and I want to have some good options. Even with 10, if most of your schools are reaches there's a fairly good chance that you'll get shut out and end up at your safety...</p>
<p>Heres a happy-go-lucky article to read.</p>
<p>He's not so special. I know some people who got accepted into all their ivy league applications, but didn't apply to 18 ****ing schools.</p>
<p>104.7 O_O ????
***?? Did he take nothing but ap since middle school & go to summer school EVERY year?!?!
I feel stupid with my 3.7 now lmao</p>
<p>Back to the topic.
Im going to apply to 2 reaches,4 matches and 2 safeties. Applying to more than 10 would be confusing and hard.not for the app. Process itself, but selecting a college if you get accepted to all of them.</p>
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Life ain't fair.
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<p>O RLY? :D</p>
<p>10 char arrggh</p>
<p>With admissions seeming like a crap shoot in the Ivy League schools and other top tier institutions, people want to make sure to up their chances, however uncertain they may be, by applying to more higher level institutions. I'll guarantee that people with 12+ schools on their list are very heavy on reaches. Nobody has 12 safeties. </p>
<p>I'm applying to 7, 4 moderate reaches, 2 are perfect matches, 1 is a safety.</p>
<p>Why would you wanna apply to 10 college ? if you get rejected by 9 of them , you've wasted at least $450-$540 in fees. thats dumb.</p>