How many applications?

[Anonymous]

22.
Attending Ivy.

[Anonymous]

10. Could have easily done less as there were 2 safeties my DS really liked.

[Anonymous]

My college freshman applied to 8. My rising senior will be applying to 8-10 - no more than 10, and maybe more like 6-8 depending on how he likes the schools on his list after visiting in the early fall. - 2-3 reaches and 4-5 target/safeties.

[Anonymous]

Current senior - 7 total apps - 5 EA, 2 RD. Accepted at 6 (5 EA and 1 RD). Of the 7, four were likely, two targets, and one reach (where DC was rejected). Chose one of the EA schools. With an interest in a somewhat specialized major and some geographic limitations (no big cities primarily) that limited the range of options. At the end of the day, super happy with the result and the process overall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Senior 24, applied to 5. 1 deliberately-chosen Ivy, 4 state flagships. Going to overall top choice U of M. Admitted to 4 flagships. Waitlisted Cornell. Did not send LOCI. Reasonable Cornell RD app. Might have had luck with WL but many students choose Michigan over Cornell (they have some key similarities - both schools are great - legacy ties to both). Parents felt student would be happier at U of M (probably easier with same amount of learning accomplished, closer to home, same pull in desired job markets). Pls do not say anything crappy in response about Cornell or Michigan - TIA. In retrospect, did not want Cornell enough to ED and therefore it made sense for Cornell to WL and check true level of interest. Huge cost difference for full-pay family. Maybe $200K.

That's an awesome result--congratulations!

I could have written this! Though my kid was deferred ED at Cornell, got in EA to Michigan and is very happily heading to Michigan after not waiting for regular decision from Cornell. Both are fantastic and similar schools and in the end happy with how things worked out. See you in A2!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you have a senior, how many schools did your kid apply to?

If you have a junior, how many are they planning on applying to?

10

[Anonymous]

Rising senior…right now there are 14 on the list

[Anonymous]

4 Ivies, 2 state schools, 1 SLAC, 3 T25 schools= 10 (no financial aid)

Deferred at 1 Ivy, waitlisted at 2, rejected by 1 Ivy.

State flagship desired honors/major accepted with small merit. State regional accepted with full scholarship.

Top SLAC accepted full pay, they don't offer merit scholarships.

Rejected by one T25, deferred by 1 and accepted by other with half tuition.

Picked T25 with half tuition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you have a senior, how many schools did your kid apply to?

If you have a junior, how many are they planning on applying to?

Applied to 21, including four on one UC application. It’s a crap shoot so applied to many. In retrospect could have dropped Indiana and Ohio State. Wisconsin would have been fine as safety.

[Anonymous]

My senior applied to 11 schools. He got rejected from Columbia and Hopkins (my alma mater ). He will be attending Princeton in the fall. We are still shocked by the rejection from Hopkins and by Princeton's acceptance.

[Anonymous]

Rising junior twins. High stats.
We're aiming for 6-8 schools each.

[Anonymous]

10. That was his school’s limit.

[Anonymous]

Junior...list right now has 11 (3 safeties, 3 targets, and 5 reaches.) Hoping to get the list down to 8-10 after summer visits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Current senior - 7 total apps - 5 EA, 2 RD. Accepted at 6 (5 EA and 1 RD). Of the 7, four were likely, two targets, and one reach (where DC was rejected). Chose one of the EA schools. With an interest in a somewhat specialized major and some geographic limitations (no big cities primarily) that limited the range of options. At the end of the day, super happy with the result and the process overall.

Did he/she submit test scores?

[Anonymous]

13 for my high stats, hook-less DS. He did really well (accepted at 10, including an Ivy and Ivy+) and will attend Pomona, but I can't emphasize how uncertain we were before March. I expected 3-5 acceptances.