How many colleges did your kid apply to?

[Anonymous]

Keep in mind that many schools require their own essays/paragraphs/statements in addition to the common app personal statement. So, 50 applications would most likely turn into a LOT of writing work.

[Anonymous]

1st kid applied to 5, only one highly selective. Got into all but that one.

2nd has list of 7, mostly matches and safeties. Again, one highly selective reach.

[Anonymous]

4 Reaches, 6 Targets, 4 Safeties = 14
Aside from the CA essay, I think DC only wrote maybe 6 supplemental essays. None of their Target schools had supplements for some reason.
In at all but the 4 Reaches.
Merit Aid from all but two Targets.
Absolutely loved one of the Safeties.
Chose a middle Target, not the “top-ranked” one, but the one that felt like the best fit.

[Anonymous]

Oldest applied to 3 schools-got into two
2nd applied to 5 schools-got into 3
3rd applied to 5 schools-got into 4.

[Anonymous]

Oldest 12; 4 high reaches, 6 high target/low reaches, 2targets (I was extremely nervous that she had no true safeties). Accepted at 6, waitlisted at 2, rejected at 4.
Second 1 reach. Accepted in ED. Recruited athlete.
Expect youngest will apply to 10 or so unless he can get recruited to play his sport.

[Anonymous]

8, accepted at 7, rejected at 1

OP realize you don’t pay a one time fee for the common app. Each school has their own fee.

[Anonymous]

Just one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oldest applied to 3 schools-got into two
2nd applied to 5 schools-got into 3
3rd applied to 5 schools-got into 4.

Oldest - 25
youngest - 1

[Anonymous]

100

[Anonymous]

11:
Accepted at 8, WL at 3, no rejects.
3 reaches, 5 targets, 3 safeties

Three were rolling, with acceptances in hand by mid-autumn.
Declined two of the (RD) waitlists, stayed on the third until June 1 when the WL closed.

Attending one of the reaches.

[Anonymous]

5 - one ED, 4 EA
The ED and 2 of the EA were acceptances; she pulled the other 2 EA apps once she got the ED acceptance

Would maybe have applied to 2-3 more if the the ED had been a no.

[Anonymous]

If your DC has very high stats (top 5% of class, most rigorous classes and 1500+ SAT) and also hopes to go to a highly rejective college, they might be in the zone where they decide to apply to a lot of colleges. It’s a numbers game, and while there is a lot of correlation among acceptances, the more applications, the higher the chances.

If that’s your kid’s hope, then tune out all the people who will surely respond here that there’s no point. When they say if you’re rejected by Harvard you’re also likely to be rejected by Yale. What matters more is that your kid is likely to be rejected by each of these schools, but the more applications, the higher their chances.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oldest 12; 4 high reaches, 6 high target/low reaches, 2targets (I was extremely nervous that she had no true safeties). Accepted at 6, waitlisted at 2, rejected at 4.
Second 1 reach. Accepted in ED. Recruited athlete.
Expect youngest will apply to 10 or so unless he can get recruited to play his sport.

Op here. I feel like DS’s safeties are actually not true safety. I think he won’t be happy if he ends up at a true safety, which is why I thought it may be better to apply to a lot of schools that are low reaches/targets.

[Anonymous]

Four.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One applied to 8- accepted to 6, WL 1 and rejected 1
One applied to 9- accepted to 7.

Don’t have your kid apply to more than 10. It is silly, expensive and stressful to put together quality applications.

Same numbers and stats for us