Should we limit the number of schools you can apply to?

[Anonymous]

I am truly amazed how many schools some kids are applying to - from my perspective it just creates more complication for admissions offices to have so many applications from kids that probably aren't going to attend. My child applied to 10 schools and honestly that seems like overkill.

[Anonymous]

No

[Anonymous]

I agree!!! And we should also rank that list (kind of like rushing Greek life) to get a weighted score of some sort.

If you can't figure it out with 10-15 schools, then OH WELL.

Forces actual targeting and real sense of what schools want to see

[Anonymous]

No way

[Anonymous]

Who is “we”?

[Anonymous]

For the top 20 schools, it's really a crap shoot, not just for the top 5 or 10. Because admission is so idiosyncratic, there are really no target schools, just reaches and safeties. That makes it hard and my kid has ended up applying to lots of places as a result. It gets $$ and exhausting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am truly amazed how many schools some kids are applying to - from my perspective it just creates more complication for admissions offices to have so many applications from kids that probably aren't going to attend. My child applied to 10 schools and honestly that seems like overkill.

No we should not mandate how many schools a student applies to . For one who is going to decide that and are you mandating no OOS as well etc…

We have enough issues coming where only white makes will be accepted to college .

Musk Mr Apartheid is about to up end college admissions only whites and only males .

I’m not wrong nor will this take long.

Elections have consequences

You all want to believe college will continue like it has nope and even if it did you won’t be affording it.

[Anonymous]

Yes. It is a zero sum game (well, actually a negative sum game for the parents that have to pay per application). The UK limits it to five and the system works so much better than here.

[Anonymous]

Absolutely. These kids at my child’s private are applying to 25 schools. It’s insane.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am truly amazed how many schools some kids are applying to - from my perspective it just creates more complication for admissions offices to have so many applications from kids that probably aren't going to attend. My child applied to 10 schools and honestly that seems like overkill.

No we should not mandate how many schools a student applies to . For one who is going to decide that and are you mandating no OOS as well etc…

We have enough issues coming where only white makes will be accepted to college .

Musk Mr Apartheid is about to up end college admissions only whites and only males .

I’m not wrong nor will this take long.

Elections have consequences

You all want to believe college will continue like it has nope and even if it did you won’t be affording it.

You’re crazy.

[Anonymous]

No! I foresee the number of apps per kid rising in the future.

[Anonymous]

You do you boo. Some kids apply to 5, some to more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For the top 20 schools, it's really a crap shoot, not just for the top 5 or 10. Because admission is so idiosyncratic, there are really no target schools, just reaches and safeties. That makes it hard and my kid has ended up applying to lots of places as a result. It gets $$ and exhausting.

There are absolutely target schools if you look outside of the top 20-40. Your just feeding into the issue at hand by saying its such a crapshoot then I am going to apply to every top 20 school. There is potential to create a much more efficient process if we limited application or considered some type of ranking system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For the top 20 schools, it's really a crap shoot, not just for the top 5 or 10. Because admission is so idiosyncratic, there are really no target schools, just reaches and safeties. That makes it hard and my kid has ended up applying to lots of places as a result. It gets $$ and exhausting.

There are absolutely target schools if you look outside of the top 20-40. Your just feeding into the issue at hand by saying its such a crapshoot then I am going to apply to every top 20 school. There is potential to create a much more efficient process if we limited application or considered some type of ranking system.

No, with some stats, outside the top 30 become likelies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For the top 20 schools, it's really a crap shoot, not just for the top 5 or 10. Because admission is so idiosyncratic, there are really no target schools, just reaches and safeties. That makes it hard and my kid has ended up applying to lots of places as a result. It gets $$ and exhausting.

There are absolutely target schools if you look outside of the top 20-40. Your just feeding into the issue at hand by saying its such a crapshoot then I am going to apply to every top 20 school. There is potential to create a much more efficient process if we limited application or considered some type of ranking system.

No, with some stats, outside the top 30 become likelies.

Yes, this is true. It could be that likelies are great schools and would be a great fit for my kid, but that doesn't mean that they aren't likelies for my kid.