Anyone’s kid apply to more than 20 schools?

[Anonymous]

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Rigorous and Competitive Private school outside DMV (with many Ivy admits already):

This is an odd conversation.

Don’t schools have different priorities? Some might need a (top stats) kid with your kids’ major /skills/ special pointy EC interests, while others won’t?

That’s why applying widely and not falling in love with any school is recommended.

25-30 schools is the new normal if your kid is not 3.9+ uw - and more like 3.77-3.9…..i have been told these are the kids that need to apply more widely than others……

I have a Senior (private school) with an uw 4.0/4.5, 35 ACT, all 5 APs—-and I know of nobody that applied to that many schools. My kid probably applied to the most of any friends, classmates at 17 apps.

He originally had about 7-10, but over break added a bunch more reaches only.

Let me know how your kid found a dozen great schools that would all be an excellent match for them and all are roughly equivalent in size, cost, location, faculty, academic offerings, and student life.

Explain it without using the words “prestige” or “rank”

Picked the top 10 in his field of study. They all are very similar in size and location (no bigger than 7k students). And not too far from home (no West Coast). The next 7 are lower tier safety type--he's been to visit all. None are big on frat life or super football schools, etc.

He also had a few because he may be able to play his sport if accepted (preferred walk-on type thing). An injury all of junior year screwed up his recruiting and he is contact with some of those coaches ---so he had to apply--can't get in if he doesn't apply. with the sport thing in the mix--it necessitated a few more schools.

It was a very well thought out list. There are 4 that are 5 min from our house.

So how many in total?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP.

Rigorous and Competitive Private school outside DMV (with many Ivy admits already):

This is an odd conversation.

Don’t schools have different priorities? Some might need a (top stats) kid with your kids’ major /skills/ special pointy EC interests, while others won’t?

That’s why applying widely and not falling in love with any school is recommended.

25-30 schools is the new normal if your kid is not 3.9+ uw - and more like 3.77-3.9…..i have been told these are the kids that need to apply more widely than others……

I have a Senior (private school) with an uw 4.0/4.5, 35 ACT, all 5 APs—-and I know of nobody that applied to that many schools. My kid probably applied to the most of any friends, classmates at 17 apps.

He originally had about 7-10, but over break added a bunch more reaches only.

Let me know how your kid found a dozen great schools that would all be an excellent match for them and all are roughly equivalent in size, cost, location, faculty, academic offerings, and student life.

Explain it without using the words “prestige” or “rank”

Picked the top 10 in his field of study. They all are very similar in size and location (no bigger than 7k students). And not too far from home (no West Coast). The next 7 are lower tier safety type--he's been to visit all. None are big on frat life or super football schools, etc.

He also had a few because he may be able to play his sport if accepted (preferred walk-on type thing). An injury all of junior year screwed up his recruiting and he is contact with some of those coaches ---so he had to apply--can't get in if he doesn't apply. with the sport thing in the mix--it necessitated a few more schools.

It was a very well thought out list. There are 4 that are 5 min from our house.

So how many in total?

It was in the text--17. And about 8-9 more than originally anticipated back in Sept/Oct.

[Anonymous]

Yikes. My kid applied to 10, and I feel like that is too many. She has a specific major she is targeting so there are only so many schools within her parameters (East Coast, medium-large, etc., etc., not a conservatory) but I think she's got too many safeties (academically, but not necessarily for her major) at this point. 2 acceptances in hand so far. No deferrals or rejections.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Check back in in late March.

DC applied to 4 safeties, 6 targets, and 12 reaches.
Results:
- Got into all safeties and all targets, including many with large merit ($$$) scholarships (great ego-boost and a way to go through the process with a smile).
- Rejected from 4 reaches, WL at 3, and admitted to 5 (including ED deferral).

Had DC only chosen 3-5 reaches (advice often repeated on this site), it's entirely possible would have been shut out statistically.....DC ended up MUCH better off with a LARGE list of, well-thought-out list of reaches which matched kids' academic and EC interests (e.g., REACH list = only 1 Ivy, 3 T10, rest were T25 or T10SLAC).

My advice for junior parents - apply to AS MANY REACHES as your kid can realistically do. If applying to certain reaches, though, make sure you show demonstrated interest throughout the fall to schools where that matters.

[Anonymous]

Applied to 22 total:
5 likely, 4 target, 13 reach (including ED1, ED2)

Result:
ED1 rejected
ED2 Deferred to RD

EA:
5 Likely: all accepted, 3 with merit
4 Target: 3/4 accepted, 1 with merit, 1 deferral to RD
2 Reach: 2 deferrals to RD

RD:
of the 4 earlier Deferrals: 2 accept (1 with merit), 2 waitlist
Of the RD apps: accepted 1, waitlist 4, rejected 5

Total: accepted 11, rejected 5, waitlist 6

[Anonymous]

Immediate PP here.
Attending the ED2 reach school that was deferred, then accepted in RD w/merit

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Applied to 22 total:
5 likely, 4 target, 13 reach (including ED1, ED2)

Result:
ED1 rejected
ED2 Deferred to RD

EA:
5 Likely: all accepted, 3 with merit
4 Target: 3/4 accepted, 1 with merit, 1 deferral to RD
2 Reach: 2 deferrals to RD

RD:
of the 4 earlier Deferrals: 2 accept (1 with merit), 2 waitlist
Of the RD apps: accepted 1, waitlist 4, rejected 5

Total: accepted 11, rejected 5, waitlist 6

How many reaches was your kid accepted to? Did they end up picking a reach?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Immediate PP here.
Attending the ED2 reach school that was deferred, then accepted in RD w/merit

Curious: What reach school gave merit $$?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Applied to 22 total:
5 likely, 4 target, 13 reach (including ED1, ED2)

Result:
ED1 rejected
ED2 Deferred to RD

EA:
5 Likely: all accepted, 3 with merit
4 Target: 3/4 accepted, 1 with merit, 1 deferral to RD
2 Reach: 2 deferrals to RD

RD:
of the 4 earlier Deferrals: 2 accept (1 with merit), 2 waitlist
Of the RD apps: accepted 1, waitlist 4, rejected 5

Total: accepted 11, rejected 5, waitlist 6

How many reaches was your kid accepted to? Did they end up picking a reach?

Accepted to 3 of the 13 reaches applied to. Picked one of them.

Likely/safety: 5/5 accept
Target: 3/4 accept (1 waitlist)
Reach: 3/13 accept (5 waitlist, 5 reject)

[Anonymous]

Here's some interesting discussion of "shotgunning" - many on DCUM hate it. But it does appear to work for the kids who put in a LOT of work:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/1k1jhxz/how_much_did_ur_results_deviate_from_what_you/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Immediate PP here.
Attending the ED2 reach school that was deferred, then accepted in RD w/merit

Curious: What reach school gave merit $$?

Np: It's an ED2 school, so if I had to guess, maybe a school like Davidson? Vanderbilt? WashU? Emory? I even think JHU has some merit aid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Immediate PP here.
Attending the ED2 reach school that was deferred, then accepted in RD w/merit

Curious: What reach school gave merit $$?

Vanderbilt