Anyone’s kid apply to more than 20 schools?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A decent amount towards application fees. At least $1k.

DCUM crowd and application fee waivers? Nah.

This and - Unless you can afford it, I don't see the point of applying for that many schools.

Most schools are not worth full pay or taking a loan. Flagship as OOS is not only expensive but also not easy to get in.

We didn’t pay for a private college counselor, essay coach or need test prep. 16 apps wasn’t that much $ taken in that context.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DD just finished tonight. She applied to 20 and was going to add another one but we told her to Stop! The deferral makes them doubt themselves and they over compensate by over applying. It is so terribly stressful for these kids. Purely anecdotal but many high stats unhooked kids were shut out of ED/EA. The kids who got in had lower stats but were multi-legacy, money, or sports. This really pushes the rejects to apply to many more schools. ED2 and RD will be interesting.

Yes. 💯
This has happened.

+100

Bummed my kid out so much when two legacy with such lower stars got into his top choice.

[Anonymous]

Everyone gets knocked down a tier. When UW 4.0/35+ACTgreat ACTs are getting denied and deferred EA/ED they start applying to more schools T30-65.

Now kids that normally would get in those schools are getting knocked down a tier and so and so on.

You can’t blame the high stats kids for getting shut out of top schools and reaching down. Don’t hate the player, hate the game.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid was at 8, but than a deferral that should have been a sure thing (according to counselors, ppl at school, etc) made my kid panic and submit a bunch more over break. He was always going to be around 6-8. If he had gotten into the EA--he would have stopped. He ended up doing 9 over break for a total of 17 which seems crazy to us. But, I'm hearing it's norm for kids with his stats (UW 4.0, high scores, etc)

same in our house - a defer from what was expected to be an admit (coach support + scores & GPA >50%) + ED rejection means went from 8 to 15 over the break... friends at top tier NE boarding school are talking 25

Didn’t they do a “pre-read” for him/her?!?!! They usually do that first before kid commits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS24 applied to 20. I thought he was crazy at the time in August but I’m so glad he didn’t listen to me. This cycle is a bloodbath. All apps were completed by November 1. Had 4 acceptances with great merit in August- September. 3 more in acceptances in October. One in December. 3 deferrals and waiting on 9 more. Friends who only applied to 5 or less got clobbered and were panic applying over break. He feels really good about his current choices come what may for the others.

This is insane. He got accepted to 7 schools by November? So why keep applying to more and more schools? It's a waste of everyone's time and your money. Did he not like any of the 1st SEVEN schools he got into? You're part of what is causing the bloodbath.

Your kids can only go to one school, folks...so they only need to get into ONE school. They need to focus, pick matches and safeties well, and really like those safeties. Aim for 5-10 schools that you genuinely like. This panic of applying to 15+ schools is a big part of what is making it so hard now to get into schools that a kid could have easily gotten into a few years ago. Don't keep feeding the admissions madness.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DS24 applied to 20. I thought he was crazy at the time in August but I’m so glad he didn’t listen to me. This cycle is a bloodbath. All apps were completed by November 1. Had 4 acceptances with great merit in August- September. 3 more in acceptances in October. One in December. 3 deferrals and waiting on 9 more. Friends who only applied to 5 or less got clobbered and were panic applying over break. He feels really good about his current choices come what may for the others.

This is insane. He got accepted to 7 schools by November? So why keep applying to more and more schools? It's a waste of everyone's time and your money. Did he not like any of the 1st SEVEN schools he got into? You're part of what is causing the bloodbath.

Your kids can only go to one school, folks...so they only need to get into ONE school. They need to focus, pick matches and safeties well, and really like those safeties. Aim for 5-10 schools that you genuinely like. This panic of applying to 15+ schools is a big part of what is making it so hard now to get into schools that a kid could have easily gotten into a few years ago. Don't keep feeding the admissions madness.

It’s all these idiots telling everyone to apply to Pitt and such just to have an admit even when no way in hell would their kid go to Pitt.

My kid did not blast a bunch of safeties he never had any intention of going to. He would rather do a gap year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid was at 8, but than a deferral that should have been a sure thing (according to counselors, ppl at school, etc) made my kid panic and submit a bunch more over break. He was always going to be around 6-8. If he had gotten into the EA--he would have stopped. He ended up doing 9 over break for a total of 17 which seems crazy to us. But, I'm hearing it's norm for kids with his stats (UW 4.0, high scores, etc)

same in our house - a defer from what was expected to be an admit (coach support + scores & GPA >50%) + ED rejection means went from 8 to 15 over the break... friends at top tier NE boarding school are talking 25

Didn’t they do a “pre-read” for him/her?!?!! They usually do that first before kid commits.

Maybe it wasn’t a true “coach support”. Just- put my name down kind of thing. Coaches are also fickle. In my kid’s sport they are still recruiting Seniors and have dropped a few kids they were previously courting for something they like better.

I’d never count on it unless I had it in writing.

[Anonymous]

This is insane. He got accepted to 7 schools by November? So why keep applying to more and more schools? It's a waste of everyone's time and your money. Did he not like any of the 1st SEVEN schools he got into? You're part of what is causing the bloodbath.

+1. What a waste of time and money. You're creating a "bloodbath" narrative and frenzy that doesn't match your DC's results.

[Anonymous]

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This is insane. He got accepted to 7 schools by November? So why keep applying to more and more schools? It's a waste of everyone's time and your money. Did he not like any of the 1st SEVEN schools he got into? You're part of what is causing the bloodbath.

+1. What a waste of time and money. You're creating a "bloodbath" narrative and frenzy that doesn't match your DC's results.

Because he applied to a mix of safeties, targets, and reaches. And because HE CAN! It’s his time and our money, so why are you so bothered? Simply answering a question asked isn’t creating a frenzy. Sorry that this has caused you to meltdown maybe you should not read these posts. And if you’re reading comprehension skills for good, you would have read that he feels good with his acceptances so far but he’s waiting on other results. Cry about it.

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*were good

[Anonymous]

This is a stressful time for all of us that have kids in this application cycle. Some people just handle it better than others, I guess. I’m glad your child is having good success in such a tough year.

A lot of people don’t understand there are many levels of schools, types of admissions (rolling, EA, RD etc) and that merit and other aid can play a big factor. Congratulations to your son!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid was at 8, but than a deferral that should have been a sure thing (according to counselors, ppl at school, etc) made my kid panic and submit a bunch more over break. He was always going to be around 6-8. If he had gotten into the EA--he would have stopped. He ended up doing 9 over break for a total of 17 which seems crazy to us. But, I'm hearing it's norm for kids with his stats (UW 4.0, high scores, etc)

same in our house - a defer from what was expected to be an admit (coach support + scores & GPA >50%) + ED rejection means went from 8 to 15 over the break... friends at top tier NE boarding school are talking 25

Didn’t they do a “pre-read” for him/her?!?!! They usually do that first before kid commits.

club sport (he on a national team not USA (team ranks similar to USA) he a dual citizen & we live overseas) - its an olympic sport; coaches have influence (can tag app so you know it gets read is main point + you rate high on EC) + team had multiple alum interview and write recs for him; the school just won national small school championship - logic was if you > than 50% on SAT & with 4.0 unweighted with such tag, assumed would get in (comment from coach was 'SHOCKED' comment from school counselor was 'this year EA apps & quality of applicants through the roof) prefer not to disclose the school name

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

This is insane. He got accepted to 7 schools by November? So why keep applying to more and more schools? It's a waste of everyone's time and your money. Did he not like any of the 1st SEVEN schools he got into? You're part of what is causing the bloodbath.

+1. What a waste of time and money. You're creating a "bloodbath" narrative and frenzy that doesn't match your DC's results.

Because he applied to a mix of safeties, targets, and reaches. And because HE CAN! It’s his time and our money, so why are you so bothered? Simply answering a question asked isn’t creating a frenzy. Sorry that this has caused you to meltdown maybe you should not read these posts. And if you’re reading comprehension skills for good, you would have read that he feels good with his acceptances so far but he’s waiting on other results. Cry about it.

But it's not a "bloodbath" if he was accepted to 8/11 schools. So why the heck are you getting on here and typing out that crap?
Frankly you sound frenzied and nuts.

[Anonymous]

DS applied to 20+ schools. Learned from DS22 that it’s a crapshoot and lottery basically at there with so many qualified kids and yield protections. Wanted to increase options by applying to many schools.

Also $75 application fee is cheaper than spending hundreds visiting many of these schools prior to applying and then they don’t get in. We visited DCs top choices once they are admitted And would do it again this way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS applied to 20+ schools. Learned from DS22 that it’s a crapshoot and lottery basically at there with so many qualified kids and yield protections. Wanted to increase options by applying to many schools.

Also $75 application fee is cheaper than spending hundreds visiting many of these schools prior to applying and then they don’t get in. We visited DCs top choices once they are admitted And would do it again this way.

+1