How many apps is your child submitting today?

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Anonymous wrote:Why so late? EA apps were due months ago. EA is the new regular decision and regular decision is now too late.

Oh come on. Not all schools have EA.

Exactly. So many schools have either ED or RD, and that's it.

This is just telling us your kid isn't applying to top schools without saying it. (Top privates don't allow EAs at other privates so the max is one private along with publics that have EA rather than ED.)

Super rude. You are telling people your kid didn’t get in ED. But we don’t care that your kid didn’t, and are just here wishing each other the best. Good luck to your DC! Good luck to all these hard working kids!

Thank you. Man. This person is a real pill- wait, I mean a “top” pill. Good luck to all!
(And you are so smart to discern the bit about ED).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Submitted the final 2. Now we wait. Thinking of switching a deferral from EA to ED2, but really like the last 2 RDs. If ED2 came through, the last 2 RDs will be wasted efforts ... But all very slim long shots anyway. Glad to have a rolling admit already.[/quote

+1

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our school doesn’t limit. Honestly how could they? Why would any parent allow that? Common app allows 20 and you can always apply directly with the school.

They can and do impose limits. These are private schools. They enforce it by not releasing transcripts to additional schools beyond the limit they set. Parents who don’t like it can choose to enroll their kids elsewhere, nobody is forcing them to attend these private schools. The limits can be beneficial, as the college counseling is very individualized and they take time to curate a realistic application list for each student. Students don’t need to apply to 20 schools just because that’s what fits in the Common App.

Well I guess it’s great your kid attends a school that only “allows” them to choose from 10 schools for their future.

Where did I state my kid attends one of those schools? They don’t but I’m stating facts that there are other private schools that impose limits on number of college applications.

[Anonymous]

Mine applied to 15 schools by Dec 1. One more today. We are done.

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None. Submitted and accepted to ED school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Submitted the final 2. Now we wait. Thinking of switching a deferral from EA to ED2, but really like the last 2 RDs. If ED2 came through, the last 2 RDs will be wasted efforts ... But all very slim long shots anyway. Glad to have a rolling admit already.[/quote

+1

Really +1? So do you choose ED2 or go straight to RD?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:20th of 20 today, then he's finished.

Why is he applying to so many schools? Are they mostly reaches? So much work!

Theater and music kids apply to a ton of schools.

It is the nature of the audition process, especially for a girl applying for a strong musical theater program.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All these kids I know who applied to 10-20 schools start listing all of their acceptances to colleges they have no real interest in attending.

Some applicants don’t know where they have no interest in attending until they have the actual results before them.

We live in an Obamacare world now (remember “we need to pass the bill to know what is in it”?).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our school doesn’t limit. Honestly how could they? Why would any parent allow that? Common app allows 20 and you can always apply directly with the school.

They can and do impose limits. These are private schools. They enforce it by not releasing transcripts to additional schools beyond the limit they set. Parents who don’t like it can choose to enroll their kids elsewhere, nobody is forcing them to attend these private schools. The limits can be beneficial, as the college counseling is very individualized and they take time to curate a realistic application list for each student. Students don’t need to apply to 20 schools just because that’s what fits in the Common App.

Well I guess it’s great your kid attends a school that only “allows” them to choose from 10 schools for their future.

Where did I state my kid attends one of those schools? They don’t but I’m stating facts that there are other private schools that impose limits on number of college applications.

NP
Great that you clarified. Now you should have no issue naming the schools that impose limits. I am aware of none. And I’m assuming someone lied to you if you were told that

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All these kids I know who applied to 10-20 schools start listing all of their acceptances to colleges they have no real interest in attending.

Maybe so, but we wanted to ensure that we had options across a range of schools.

But isn't it easier to narrow them down before submitting all those applications? We did visits last spring when she was a Junior and picked the school DD wanted to attend.

My kid was 16 in the spring. For us, we did not want to give her the pressure of finalizing even the the type of school 18 months before attenfing.

Hell, I’m 50 and I can’t decide on a paint color. This is a lot bigger decision, for a person that is a lot less developed. as parents, we did give her information and things that she might want to consider. However, for the small cost in the big picture of the price of a education, We allowed her to apply to avariety of schools that are small privates, large public’s, close to home , farther away.

having a few more months for her to grow more into the person she’s going to be in college and with with the acceptances in front of her, being able to do a deep dive into the final 3 or 4 schools gives us more confidence in her decision.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our school doesn’t limit. Honestly how could they? Why would any parent allow that? Common app allows 20 and you can always apply directly with the school.

They can and do impose limits. These are private schools. They enforce it by not releasing transcripts to additional schools beyond the limit they set. Parents who don’t like it can choose to enroll their kids elsewhere, nobody is forcing them to attend these private schools. The limits can be beneficial, as the college counseling is very individualized and they take time to curate a realistic application list for each student. Students don’t need to apply to 20 schools just because that’s what fits in the Common App.

Well I guess it’s great your kid attends a school that only “allows” them to choose from 10 schools for their future.

Where did I state my kid attends one of those schools? They don’t but I’m stating facts that there are other private schools that impose limits on number of college applications.

NP
Great that you clarified. Now you should have no issue naming the schools that impose limits. I am aware of none. And I’m assuming someone lied to you if you were told that

NP here. Why are you so heated about this? I know for a fact that Landon does this.

[Anonymous]

My kid applied to 12 by Nov 1; deferred to ED school.

Submitted 8 more apps by Dec 31 (whew)…..

Spent 1-2 days on each of the 8 apps; one at a time; tailoring EVERYTHING - and I reviewed each of these apps (was hands off in fall….)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid applied to 12 by Nov 1; deferred to ED school.

Submitted 8 more apps by Dec 31 (whew)…..

Spent 1-2 days on each of the 8 apps; one at a time; tailoring EVERYTHING - and I reviewed each of these apps (was hands off in fall….)

20 apps??!??

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our school doesn’t limit. Honestly how could they? Why would any parent allow that? Common app allows 20 and you can always apply directly with the school.

They can and do impose limits. These are private schools. They enforce it by not releasing transcripts to additional schools beyond the limit they set. Parents who don’t like it can choose to enroll their kids elsewhere, nobody is forcing them to attend these private schools. The limits can be beneficial, as the college counseling is very individualized and they take time to curate a realistic application list for each student. Students don’t need to apply to 20 schools just because that’s what fits in the Common App.

Well I guess it’s great your kid attends a school that only “allows” them to choose from 10 schools for their future.

Where did I state my kid attends one of those schools? They don’t but I’m stating facts that there are other private schools that impose limits on number of college applications.

NP
Great that you clarified. Now you should have no issue naming the schools that impose limits. I am aware of none. And I’m assuming someone lied to you if you were told that

NP - It’s called SCEA, single choice early action. It’s a real thing. Have a nice day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid applied to 12 by Nov 1; deferred to ED school.

Submitted 8 more apps by Dec 31 (whew)…..

Spent 1-2 days on each of the 8 apps; one at a time; tailoring EVERYTHING - and I reviewed each of these apps (was hands off in fall….)

20 apps??!??

Imagine if they'd have spent all that time studying, they'd have had better choices.