NY Times article on strategies for applying to elite colleges

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How does the high school get to control that?

i can see privates doing that (and controlling it by limiting the amount of recs given or something like that)

i cannot see a public school being able to control that. that would be grounds for a suit

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many high schools place an upper limit of 8-10 applications on their students, so there's a practical limit to applying to lots of selective colleges. Applicants have to be more strategic and focus on a handful of colleges which really captivate them.

I've been through the college app process with 3 different area high schools -- none, and none I've ever heard of-- limits the number of apps.

[Anonymous]

They don't limit, they strongly reccomend .