Senior parents - how many applications this cycle?

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Anonymous wrote:We visited schools Jr year, picked a target, applied ED, and done. One application.

This is admirable. Parents take heed.
We have an 11th grader. Next year they will be making one application to 7 of the colleges of the University of California (we are in state).

And what happened if they don't get to those schools? Please don't just limit to 1 school, college admission is unpredictable.

7 is far from plenty in this climate. It's likely fine but I wouldn't be so sure.
I have not limited to 1 school. Can you not read? SEVEN colleges in the UC. SEVEN. That's plenty.

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22 for my senior.

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Anonymous wrote:21


ED -1 (deferred)
EA - 12 (7-accepted, 2 denied, rest deferred)
RD - 8 (awaiting results)

Among these
High Reach - 4 (1-denied, rest deferred/waiting)
Reach - 6 (2-accepted, rest deferred/waiting)
Target - 5 (1-accepted, 1-denied, waiting on others)
Safety - 4 (all accepted)

MCPS/SMCS kid with 4.0uw/4.92w. Surprised that UVA(Target) got denied. Glad that DC got into two of the T20.

The 19 includes 3 from California system which is a single app. We might have paid $1200-$1400 overall for the application fees.

Why not just 1 or 2 safety and 3 targets? You could cut from the bottom especially if you did a rolling.

What is the goal here? You really only need one acceptance, not seven.

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Life is a little easier if you pick the one safety you like and do that. Why would anyone do 3 or more safeties - unless they’re not safeties.

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Anonymous wrote:Life is a little easier if you pick the one safety you like and do that. Why would anyone do 3 or more safeties - unless they’re not safeties.

DD had 4 safeties on her list last year. She wasn't 100% sure which one she'd prefer and also we wanted to see where the cost would end up after merit awards. Her list was basically one reach (W&M) + 4 safeties. Anything that might be classified as a "target" based on stats was not going to be affordable. Got into all the safeties, costs ended up similar, decided based on return visits and specific EC offerings (all were similar in a strong program for her major).

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My kids safeties maybe weren’t safeties?
Indiana
co-Boulder

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Anonymous wrote:8 Early Action apps

7 admits, 1 deferral

Waiting on FAFSA!

Does anyone from Dcumlandia actually benefit from fafsa?

we sure didn't. Very few readers here (who have leisure time to waste) are going to get FAFSA monies.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We visited schools Jr year, picked a target, applied ED, and done. One application.

This is admirable. Parents take heed.
We have an 11th grader. Next year they will be making one application to 7 of the colleges of the University of California (we are in state).

And what happened if they don't get to those schools? Please don't just limit to 1 school, college admission is unpredictable.

7 is far from plenty in this climate. It's likely fine but I wouldn't be so sure.
I have not limited to 1 school. Can you not read? SEVEN colleges in the UC. SEVEN. That's plenty.

I'm the wrong person to tell - your kid should apply to 24 colleges because everyone else's kid is doing the same. No thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:8 Early Action apps

7 admits, 1 deferral

Waiting on FAFSA!

Does anyone from Dcumlandia actually benefit from fafsa?

we sure didn't. Very few readers here (who have leisure time to waste) are going to get FAFSA monies.

Exactly.

I wonder if it’s a rude awakening when they get the fafsa brush off?

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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.

IS non-flagships -- think CNU, JMU, VCU followed by schools like Longwood, MWU, ODU
OOS flagships -- think 'Bama, UK, USC, UTK, WVU
OOS non-flagships -- think East Carolina U, East Tennessee State U, Miami of Ohio
Privates -- think GMU, Howard, Hampton

Our DC's four are all listed above along with several others that were considered but DC ultimately chose not to apply to. UVA wasn't in the mix and neither Tech nor W&M had their program of interest as a focus.

OK. Thank you. Mine is looking at UVA & VT, along with Michigan, USC (Cali), UF & GA. They have been involved in a sport forever and want to be able to continue at the club level in college, but it's only available of the larger schools. A lot of non-flagships mean giving that up.

A lot of tough admits there (regardless of "stats"), with the only potential "likely" being VT--and that being likely only if DC has great grades, good+ rigor, and is applying for humanities or social sciences. Fortunately, you and DC have time to broaden your vision.

Maybe. I know the list will have to get bigger, but I don't see a 1000-1200 SAT state school or a small, PA LAC (which I went to - I like them) going on their list. Those just aren't the type of schools that get my kid excited.

Ah, the sweet smell of entitlement. It almost always ends painfully at some point. Maybe this time next year for your DC...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Life is a little easier if you pick the one safety you like and do that. Why would anyone do 3 or more safeties - unless they’re not safeties.

DD had 4 safeties on her list last year. She wasn't 100% sure which one she'd prefer and also we wanted to see where the cost would end up after merit awards. Her list was basically one reach (W&M) + 4 safeties. Anything that might be classified as a "target" based on stats was not going to be affordable. Got into all the safeties, costs ended up similar, decided based on return visits and specific EC offerings (all were similar in a strong program for her major).

This makes sense.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:8 Early Action apps

7 admits, 1 deferral

Waiting on FAFSA!

Does anyone from Dcumlandia actually benefit from fafsa?

we sure didn't. Very few readers here (who have leisure time to waste) are going to get FAFSA monies.

We're not in the DC area and know we won't qualify for any FAFSA either. But some of the colleges won't release their own "final" (financial) package -- merit or "discounts" -- until they get the FAFSA info, or so we've been told..... Whatever. We've told our DC to make a decision without letting $$ be a factor (because all choices are acceptable and "in-range") but it's like pulling teeth.

[Anonymous]

I think one day people will move past these Safety-Target-Reach categories. My kid has a specific subject they wanted to study and we looked (physically and virtually) at a bunch and they ultimately applied to 5 programs, 3 in US and 2 in UK. Got into 4 of 5.

Those categories make it seem like the reach is the "reach" is also the "best" which is not always true.

I guess could also write my kids experience like this (but it wouldnt really reflect preference):

1 Safety - accept
3 Targets - got into all
1 Super Reach - waitlisted

[Anonymous]

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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.

IS non-flagships -- think CNU, JMU, VCU followed by schools like Longwood, MWU, ODU
OOS flagships -- think 'Bama, UK, USC, UTK, WVU
OOS non-flagships -- think East Carolina U, East Tennessee State U, Miami of Ohio
Privates -- think GMU, Howard, Hampton

Our DC's four are all listed above along with several others that were considered but DC ultimately chose not to apply to. UVA wasn't in the mix and neither Tech nor W&M had their program of interest as a focus.

OK. Thank you. Mine is looking at UVA & VT, along with Michigan, USC (Cali), UF & GA. They have been involved in a sport forever and want to be able to continue at the club level in college, but it's only available of the larger schools. A lot of non-flagships mean giving that up.

A lot of tough admits there (regardless of "stats"), with the only potential "likely" being VT--and that being likely only if DC has great grades, good+ rigor, and is applying for humanities or social sciences. Fortunately, you and DC have time to broaden your vision.

Maybe. I know the list will have to get bigger, but I don't see a 1000-1200 SAT state school or a small, PA LAC (which I went to - I like them) going on their list. Those just aren't the type of schools that get my kid excited.

Ah, the sweet smell of entitlement. It almost always ends painfully at some point. Maybe this time next year for your DC...

I don’t think it’s entitlement. There are so many kids that are told by their schools that they need to do XY&Z and then they can go to a certain level of school. Nobody’s talking about Harvard here. They’re also plenty of kids who never took the tough classes or worried about what grades they got. These two sets of kids should have different options.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wtf - this is crazzzy

Typical numbers this year. DC private kids who didn't hit ED/REA: 20 applications.

Our private limits apps to ten.