Senior parents - how many applications this cycle?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DS did 75 total. 25 safety, 31 target, 19 reach. He was the one who wanted to do that many and has had amazing results so far. Only 2 rejections, 1 deferral, and 1 withdrawn so far. Accepted to 52 and waiting to hear back from 19

Genuinely curious why he wanted to apply to so many? There is a girl on CC who applied to 60 with a clear favorite, but decided to apply to the other 59 for who knows what reason? She routinely pops up on posts, sweating out acceptances, subsequently bragging about scholarships, only to have had her eye on one school all along.

There simply can't be a genuine interest in that many schools, and these numbers go well beyond having options or a safety. Whatever the intention is, this type of behavior has a negative impact on other applicants.

I thought PP was kidding. Please tell me she was…

I was not kidding! Super proud of DS and I have been rooting for him in this whole process. He is a super kid.

And I thought the kids who applied to all eight Ivies or all five service academies were bad. He clearly doesn't have an interest in all 75.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:24 Total
1 REA - Deferred
5 EA (Publics) - Accepted at all
3 UCs - Waiting
15 RD (7 IVY + 3 SLAC)

Because your kid loves the core at Columbia but also the open curriculum at Brown? The rural isolation of Dartmouth and the vibe of Cambridge? The intellectualism of Yale and the preprofessional focus at Penn? SMH

LOL. I am SMH too. If there were a reasonable chance of getting in where one really wanted to go, none of this would be an issue. But this is not the world we live in. Say you loved the open curriculum and did not get in Brown. What next? Drop all Ivies and go to Wesleyan? Maybe for some kids, but not my DC (sadly).

But then what did he like about them all aside from their status as being Ivies?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our college counseling office showed interesting (internal) data that shows that the number of elite acceptances does not go up if a kid applies to 3 reaches vs 3 times as many.

However, they have found that it gets demoralizing for a kid to have a dozen rejections vs 3 and can negatively color the ppl entire process even if the kid gets into a match school in the end.

Basically--applying to 20+ schools can often just increase the stress and not change the outcome.

Depends on how tailored the apps were; how much help the applicant had; and if last minute or not - when it’s hard to adequately research and respond.

I’ve seen it backfire as you state, but also have seen a 50% success rate (10+ reaches) of a very well planned out, researched, and well-executed one-of-a-kind application response.

Very hard to do in 2 weeks though. Usually need months of planning to visit, sit in on classes, email professors, research deeply and execute accordingly

Curious abt ppl who applied to 20+ schools. I believe this 💯 and outcomes vary depending on the sheer work and customization that goes into each app def not a cut and paste job…

Hoping ppl will come back and list outcomes.

[Anonymous]

18
16 EA
2 RD
Accepted at 14
2 waitlisted
2 rejections
Did not do ED

[Anonymous]

22
20 EA - 2 Rejections (1 of them was a Defer turned Reject; DC didn't bother to respond with a LOCI); 1 WL; 17 Acceptances
2 RD - 2 Acceptances

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:18
16 EA
2 RD
Accepted at 14
2 waitlisted
2 rejections
Did not do ED

Can you posts stats and some of the schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:22
20 EA - 2 Rejections (1 of them was a Defer turned Reject; DC didn't bother to respond with a LOCI); 1 WL; 17 Acceptances
2 RD - 2 Acceptances

Can you posts stats and some of the schools

[Anonymous]

As for the students applying to 60-75 schools, it really gets to a point where the cost-benefit of such a strategy is just not there. Taking the time to narrow down choices and make focused selections would be much more efficient.

Writing and reworking 15-20 college essays is an inordinate amount of work when the child will still end up attending one college and probably could have achieved the same result with 10-15 applications. Do these kids’ schools not have strong college counseling offices to better guide them? I really don’t get it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As for the students applying to 60-75 schools, it really gets to a point where the cost-benefit of such a strategy is just not there. Taking the time to narrow down choices and make focused selections would be much more efficient.

Writing and reworking 15-20 college essays is an inordinate amount of work when the child will still end up attending one college and probably could have achieved the same result with 10-15 applications. Do these kids’ schools not have strong college counseling offices to better guide them? I really don’t get it.

I think it’s usually kids chasing full merit scholarships?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As for the students applying to 60-75 schools, it really gets to a point where the cost-benefit of such a strategy is just not there. Taking the time to narrow down choices and make focused selections would be much more efficient.

Writing and reworking 15-20 college essays is an inordinate amount of work when the child will still end up attending one college and probably could have achieved the same result with 10-15 applications. Do these kids’ schools not have strong college counseling offices to better guide them? I really don’t get it.

I think it’s usually kids chasing full merit scholarships?

I feel like half that would give them a good shot. How can 75 schools give full merit AND be a fit for a student?

[Anonymous]

Chasing merit and prestige…top 25 colleges and top 25 LACs takes you to 50..,plus a bunch of others who are great with merit…

[Anonymous]

11 + 1 absurd reach that DC did on a lark while sitting bored in a mandatory online class.

We were chasing merit, so the list included 6 safeties, 4 targets, only one reach. I’ll offer that I’m not sure DC needed to that many safeties. All of those offers were remarkably similar. The target merit offers were a little more varied.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Chasing merit and prestige…top 25 colleges and top 25 LACs takes you to 50..,plus a bunch of others who are great with merit…

Why chase merit AND prestige? Surely there's either enough overlap OR the prestigious schools won't give you enough merit, so why bother. Or the high merit schools aren't prestigious enough. This is all so weird.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:24 Total
1 REA - Deferred
5 EA (Publics) - Accepted at all
3 UCs - Waiting
15 RD (7 IVY + 3 SLAC)

Because your kid loves the core at Columbia but also the open curriculum at Brown? The rural isolation of Dartmouth and the vibe of Cambridge? The intellectualism of Yale and the preprofessional focus at Penn? SMH

The differences between schools are all overblown. They are more similar than they are different in the end. So, yes, apply everywhere folks.

Absolutely ridiculous and not true. if that was the case, it wouldn’t matter at all

[Anonymous]

not sure if I answered this earlier

My child sent apps to 8 schools
accepted at 4
rejected 2
asked for more info at 2 and decided not to complete process