Senior parents - how many applications this cycle?

[Anonymous]

I’m impressed at how many students are getting into their targets. There have been other threads suggesting a lower acceptance rate for targets and questioning the target designation for many schools.

[Anonymous]

2 rolling — in at both by the fall (one safety, one target, both with generous merit)

8 EA — denied at 2 (reach/high reach), deferred at 3 (target/high target), in at 3 (target/safety) with generous merit from 2

1 RD — still waiting (target), and at this point DC is increasingly not interested in waiting around for their decision

The move to ED and EA by so many students is really going to mess with schools’ RD yields. My kid has been seriously considering multiple acceptances since Christmas and beginning to picture themselves at those schools — even if this last school takes them, it’s going to be tough to get mindshare in mid-March with sports, graduation excitement, etc. This has been such a long slog, I don’t blame DC for wanting to make a final choice sooner rather than later.

[Anonymous]

5
He really only wanted to apply to 3, but I made him add two more just to make sure he had a few options.
He was accepted into four, and deferred from the 5th.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:2 rolling — in at both by the fall (one safety, one target, both with generous merit)

8 EA — denied at 2 (reach/high reach), deferred at 3 (target/high target), in at 3 (target/safety) with generous merit from 2

1 RD — still waiting (target), and at this point DC is increasingly not interested in waiting around for their decision

The move to ED and EA by so many students is really going to mess with schools’ RD yields. My kid has been seriously considering multiple acceptances since Christmas and beginning to picture themselves at those schools — even if this last school takes them, it’s going to be tough to get mindshare in mid-March with sports, graduation excitement, etc. This has been such a long slog, I don’t blame DC for wanting to make a final choice sooner rather than later.

I don’t think this is unique to this year

[Anonymous]

8 early. Would have been 15 if ED hadn't worked out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:24 Total
1 REA - Deferred
5 EA (Publics) - Accepted at all
3 UCs - Waiting
15 RD (7 IVY + 3 SLAC)

This leaves me super curious--which single Ivy did this student NOT apply to, and why?

[Anonymous]

For parents whose kids applied to fewer than 10, would you mind sharing what that list looked like? You don't have to out your kid. I'm just wondering what a smaller list would be since mine is already up to 14 for next year and they aren't even done looking at ideas.

[Anonymous]

I’m curious how it works out for those applying to 20+

[Anonymous]

If applying ED is an option, really strategize your choice(s). It seems increasingly rare that kids are getting accepted to high reach/reach schools. If it’s feasible, apply ED to a strong target. Also, echoing previous poster, cast a wide net and look at schools outside the most popular choices in your child’s class.

[Anonymous]

5 total:

ED1 to T20 LAC (accepted)
EA to 2 targets and 2 safeties (pulled apps but one target got their wires crossed and sent an acceptance anyway).

She had 5 more (3 targets, 2 safeties) ready to go in RD if nothing worked out in ED/EA. Happily, most of them didn’t require supplemental essays, so she didn’t need to put a lot of extra work in getting them ready.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:24 Total
1 REA - Deferred
5 EA (Publics) - Accepted at all
3 UCs - Waiting
15 RD (7 IVY + 3 SLAC)

This leaves me super curious--which single Ivy did this student NOT apply to, and why?

It looks like they applied to the eighth one REA. This is a prestige over all other factors list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
For parents whose kids applied to fewer than 10, would you mind sharing what that list looked like? You don't have to out your kid. I'm just wondering what a smaller list would be since mine is already up to 14 for next year and they aren't even done looking at ideas.

Vassar, Wesleyan, Oberlin, Macalester, Carleton, Reed, UVM, UCB, Dickinson.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
For parents whose kids applied to fewer than 10, would you mind sharing what that list looked like? You don't have to out your kid. I'm just wondering what a smaller list would be since mine is already up to 14 for next year and they aren't even done looking at ideas.

My DD applied to 8, but two were kind of a whim and additional safeties. 6 were schools she had visited and liked enough to apply (actually one of those 6 she didn’t really want to apply to but it’s our state flagship and she a decided it made sense to apply). She also visited 7 other schools and didn’t like them enough to apply. Visiting 13 schools was a lot but it was great that she was motivated and liked 5 or 6 of the schools she applied to.

She had one safety she really likes and is affordable. That also made it easier to have a shorter list. She had 2 reaches that are expensive but we are willing to pay for (waiting on decisions). The other schools were: in-state flagship; private EA school that was a lower reach; and OOS public that was a lower reach. (She was accepted at all three). Then, as mentioned, she applied to two additional safeties where she received lots of merit aid but she hasn’t visited and now is not really considering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:24 Total
1 REA - Deferred
5 EA (Publics) - Accepted at all
3 UCs - Waiting
15 RD (7 IVY + 3 SLAC)

This leaves me super curious--which single Ivy did this student NOT apply to, and why?

It looks like they applied to the eighth one REA. This is a prestige over all other factors list.

Ah, I'd missed that! Thanks!

[Anonymous]

I'm curious about kids who apply to 20+ schools--and then get into 10 or more. Does it then make the decision really hard? I get that that's a good problem to have, but it seems like narrowing the list ahead of time could eliminate the problem altogether.