Anyone’s kid apply to more than 20 schools?

[Anonymous]

Serious question - how are the kids writing the supplementals for 20+ applications? Is everyone using AI these days? Most of the top schools have 4-5 essays each.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Serious question - how are the kids writing the supplementals for 20+ applications? Is everyone using AI these days? Most of the top schools have 4-5 essays each.

No my kid did them all. Most were only 250 words. Worked on in Summer daily then every weekend after homework and studying. No AI. Wouldn’t be genuine and could be run through some software. No thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Serious question - how are the kids writing the supplementals for 20+ applications? Is everyone using AI these days? Most of the top schools have 4-5 essays each.

I don’t think I’ve heard anyone say they applied to 20 top schools. Most schools, including UVA, only had one supplemental.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Serious question - how are the kids writing the supplementals for 20+ applications? Is everyone using AI these days? Most of the top schools have 4-5 essays each.

A lot of the questions are similar…why major, how have you contributed to your community, what community are you part of, etc. you have to tweak for school and word counts, but general outline is there.

[Anonymous]

I guess a lot these colleges don't require any essays, such as Colby, Middleburry, etc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I guess a lot these colleges don't require any essays, such as Colby, Middleburry, etc

Only 2/20 of of child’s did require any essay. Other 18 required the common essay and between 1-6 supplementals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Serious question - how are the kids writing the supplementals for 20+ applications? Is everyone using AI these days? Most of the top schools have 4-5 essays each.

It’s not that hard. Most are repurposed….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn't this going to just shut out kids who are below top the 10% of a high school class from any top 40 schools?
I worry about this. If you have your very top students applying everywhere in mass then the next level looks comparatively lousy and what happens to them?

this is especially true in privates when you may have 10 kids who have a 3.95. If they apply everywhere, what happens to the 3.7-3.8s? Traditionally they would get some spots at top 40 schools that the top 10 students ts did not apply to or matriculate to.

I assume the 3.5 or so (at privates where this can be half of the class) and below apply to different schools entirely.

Yep.

The hooked kids will gobble up a dozen acceptances each. And standard strong will be shut out or end up at safety. Not talking 3.7 either. Talking 3.9s who are otherwise unhooked. Forget it if you’re looking at competitive majors.

This is why top privates limit apps

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Isn't this going to just shut out kids who are below top the 10% of a high school class from any top 40 schools?
I worry about this. If you have your very top students applying everywhere in mass then the next level looks comparatively lousy and what happens to them?

this is especially true in privates when you may have 10 kids who have a 3.95. If they apply everywhere, what happens to the 3.7-3.8s? Traditionally they would get some spots at top 40 schools that the top 10 students ts did not apply to or matriculate to.

I assume the 3.5 or so (at privates where this can be half of the class) and below apply to different schools entirely.

Yep.

The hooked kids will gobble up a dozen acceptances each. And standard strong will be shut out or end up at safety. Not talking 3.7 either. Talking 3.9s who are otherwise unhooked. Forget it if you’re looking at competitive majors.

This is why top privates limit apps

They do this to protect their matriculation reputation at the Evie de of students. Please.

[Anonymous]

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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.

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

That’s poor advice. They do that here in the US too abd we are taught a coach’s tag means nothing. You need a pre-read and a letter/sign.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Isn't this going to just shut out kids who are below top the 10% of a high school class from any top 40 schools?
I worry about this. If you have your very top students applying everywhere in mass then the next level looks comparatively lousy and what happens to them?

this is especially true in privates when you may have 10 kids who have a 3.95. If they apply everywhere, what happens to the 3.7-3.8s? Traditionally they would get some spots at top 40 schools that the top 10 students ts did not apply to or matriculate to.

I assume the 3.5 or so (at privates where this can be half of the class) and below apply to different schools entirely.

Yep.

The hooked kids will gobble up a dozen acceptances each. And standard strong will be shut out or end up at safety. Not talking 3.7 either. Talking 3.9s who are otherwise unhooked. Forget it if you’re looking at competitive majors.

This is why top privates limit apps

They do this to protect their matriculation reputation at the Evie de of students. Please.

Well they do it at our school and it's because there are too many double hooked kids. It's a competitive private school to get into in the first place w tuition at 60k and substantial FA. So there are 15-20 kids who are double legacy and dad is at a top hedge fund, and a Prep for Prep kid who was also president of the class, and a History Day winner with a 3.9 and legacy at two ivies, and a top ranked squash player who also is a published poet (and a 1600) and whose mom has an Oscar.

Colleges look at applicants by school. Your standard strong kid is not ever going to rise to the top 4 or 5 kids if you allow those 20 kids to apply widely. It may protect the school's reputation, but parents understand the benefit to their own kid.

This is NYC though and if you're telling me that this doesn't happen in DCUM area, okay, I believe you.

[Anonymous]

Reading this thread makes me so happy I don’t have a top stats super competitive kid. 20 apps is NUTS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't this going to just shut out kids who are below top the 10% of a high school class from any top 40 schools?
I worry about this. If you have your very top students applying everywhere in mass then the next level looks comparatively lousy and what happens to them?

this is especially true in privates when you may have 10 kids who have a 3.95. If they apply everywhere, what happens to the 3.7-3.8s? Traditionally they would get some spots at top 40 schools that the top 10 students ts did not apply to or matriculate to.

I assume the 3.5 or so (at privates where this can be half of the class) and below apply to different schools entirely.

Yep.

The hooked kids will gobble up a dozen acceptances each. And standard strong will be shut out or end up at safety. Not talking 3.7 either. Talking 3.9s who are otherwise unhooked. Forget it if you’re looking at competitive majors.

This is why top privates limit apps

They do this to protect their matriculation reputation at the Evie de of students. Please.

Well they do it at our school and it's because there are too many double hooked kids. It's a competitive private school to get into in the first place w tuition at 60k and substantial FA. So there are 15-20 kids who are double legacy and dad is at a top hedge fund, and a Prep for Prep kid who was also president of the class, and a History Day winner with a 3.9 and legacy at two ivies, and a top ranked squash player who also is a published poet (and a 1600) and whose mom has an Oscar.

Colleges look at applicants by school. Your standard strong kid is not ever going to rise to the top 4 or 5 kids if you allow those 20 kids to apply widely. It may protect the school's reputation, but parents understand the benefit to their own kid.

This is NYC though and if you're telling me that this doesn't happen in DCUM area, okay, I believe you.

It’s happening in Chicago.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes--think the ED deferrals/declines spur kids to add a ton of schools.

This is us here. The ED1 reject was disappointing but it was the deferral from a safety that made us added more schools to the list. Really worried about shut out at this point.

Exactly the same here. Boy high stats. I think his total will be 23 or so. The vast majority are reaches.

[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.

You sound really intense! Deep breathes, everyone…