Senior parents - how many applications this cycle?
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Anonymous
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17
Denied at reach ED1 (top 10 slac) Accepted to 4 safeties and one high target EA Accepted to reach ED2 (top 10 slac) Thrilled about ED2, but felt a little pinch withdrawing all the other apps after so much work |
Anonymous
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1 Rolling
1 ED rejected 4 EA in at 3, waitlisted at 1 6 RD Kid pretty happy with one of the EAs. It was plenty, since you're also doing scholarship apps and summer program apps. (Luckily summer research program accepted and done.) |
Anonymous
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16 Total
1 Rolling (Private) - Accepted 2 RD (Private) - Waiting 3 EA (OOS Publics) - Deferred 10 EA (Publics) - Accepted |
Anonymous
Someone who needs merit is not applying to 7 ivies and additional reaches. That person is prioritizing prestige. |
Anonymous
| 5 for an average student, all were considered targets: 4 acceptances, 1 deferred |
Anonymous
This. My kid is a junior, but I can see applying to 15-20: A handful of schools in the tuition exchange program (spouse works at a college, but the TE thing is by no means a sure thing, especially if you are reaching for BU or GW); a handful of state schools that offer great but very hard to get merit scholarships; and a handful of reaches, which we would consider stretching to pay full price for. |
Anonymous
Maybe not merit but my daughter applied to 5 Ivies and 3 additional private super reaches because the financial aid is so generous. They’re basically lottery tickets and the prize is a great education |
Anonymous
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10 - also high stat kid. All apps except 2 reaches were submitted by 11/1, but no ED.
2 Safeties - in a both with very generous of merit (accepted before Thanksgiving) 3 targets - in at all of them with some merit (received 2 decisions before Christmas and 1 early Feb) 5 reaches -denied at 1 REA, in at 1 EA, waiting for last 3 DC is very happy to have great options at this point. Currently, the reach EA and one of the targets are top 2 choices. We're glad DC spent time to create a realistic and thoughtful list so they didn't need to shotgun 15+. Juggling school, a fall sport, a part time job and apps was incredibly stressful. But, it was also nice for DC to be done and hit that submit button before going to a party Halloween night. |
Anonymous
| 2. 1 rolling safety. Accepted ED1. |
Anonymous
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13 total (some with music auditions)
No ED or ED2 5 EA (been accepted at 4, 1 deferral to RD) After the EA acceptances, withdrew from 2 of the remaining RDs (which were safeties). At this point, all remaining RDs are reaches! March will be interesting... good luck to all the other families still waiting! |
Anonymous
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Applied to 7
6 EA (accepted at 5, deferred at 1 waiting on RD) 1 RD (ivy) |
Anonymous
| Planned to submit 20, but daughter got tired of the supplemental an honor college essays -so ended up with 12. |
Anonymous
That feels like the Ghost of Christmas Future over here. Were there any she found particularly painful? Or particularly easy? TIA! |
Anonymous
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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
Honestly yes. DS sees pros and cons with all of the schools he applied to. Each reach schools offers incredible strength and opportunities in the area in which DS wants to study and that is what is most important to him. If DS got into every single reach school, then things like location, core v. open curriculum, size, liberal arts vibe v. pre-professional vibe, etc. would come into play, but given that at best he may only hit the lottery at one of these places (if at all), it was worth the time and effort to apply broadly. |
Anonymous
| Do we think the 20+ apps trend continues next year? |