Number of colleges applied to & # accepted to?

[Anonymous]

Accepted at both ED (top choice and a bit of a reach) and one rolling admissions with a large scholarship (a bit of a safety but we didn't expect the scholarship). Withdrew all the RD applications due to ED.

[Anonymous]

Current senior, applied and accepted at 4. Didn't want to bother with any reaches, so all were targets/safeties.

[Anonymous]

Accepted: 7 of 10
and 2 of 5

[Anonymous]

Applied to 11

Accepted at 7, including 1 reach
Rejected by 1 reach
Waitlisted at 3- 1 target and 2 reaches

[Anonymous]

Applied:
10 reach
4 target
2 safety

Accepted:
2 reach
2 target
2 safety

WL at 2 reaches, rejected at the rest

[Anonymous]

DD applied to 20. In at 14, waitlisted at 3, rejected at 3 (all sub-10 percent acceptance rate).

[Anonymous]

Kid 1 high stats, applied to 20:
Accepted at 5 reaches, 4 targets, 1 safety
Waitlisted at 5 reaches
Rejected at 5 reaches

Kid 2, mid-level stats, applied to 12 schools, range of 30%-70% acceptance rates
Accepted at 10
Waitlisted at 2

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How many colleges/universities did your kid apply to if they applied within the last three years? To how many did they get in?

Class of 2026, middle of the pack academically, 4 total APs, no ECs, works part time after school and on weekends, ~4.0 wgpa, LCPS.

Applied to ODU, Radford, UMW, Longwood, CNU, JMU & GMU. Presumptive business major.

Accepted to all, honors college at Radford and ODU, merit ranging from $0 to $4k/year.

Choosing between JMU and GMU. Couldn't be happier for her.

[Anonymous]

Accepted at half applied

[Anonymous]

Applied to 10 and got into 10. His HS only allowed for 10 applications so I didn’t want him to waste any.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many colleges/universities did your kid apply to if they applied within the last three years? To how many did they get in?

Class of 2026, middle of the pack academically, 4 total APs, no ECs, works part time after school and on weekends, ~4.0 wgpa, LCPS.

Applied to ODU, Radford, UMW, Longwood, CNU, JMU & GMU. Presumptive business major.

Accepted to all, honors college at Radford and ODU, merit ranging from $0 to $4k/year.

Choosing between JMU and GMU. Couldn't be happier for her.

That is really great—congrats!

[Anonymous]

Plan was for 18 schools, but kid only submitted 12. Applied ED/REA to an ivy/super reach and submitted 9 EA apps and 2 RD apps before ED announcement. Was ready to submit 6 additional RD apps but kid has accepted ED. Plan was 3 safety, 5 target, and 10 reach. Reach/target included ivy and range of t50 schools. Strong student but highly competitive major.

[Anonymous]

DC1 - applied to 7; got into 1 (probably could've gotten off the waitlist for 1) -- cs major and overshot

DC2 - applied to 11; got into 11 with good merit at 9 out of the 11. Not a cs major (and DC decided to go to the one oos that didn't offer any merit, go figure).

[Anonymous]

Applied to 13

3 safeties - accepted at all 3 w merit
2 targets - accepted at both
8 reaches - rejected from 2
WL from 3
Accepted at 3
including one super reach.
Only needed one!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ but how does a kid know if it's a target before they apply? So many students applying to UMD College Park from within MD think it is a target or likely school yet are unaccepted. Should every in-state kid treat their flagship as a reach these days?

UVA is similar. Some of my kid’s friends with same gpa/scores and ec type were rejected while my kid was accepted. It’s unpredictable.

But it’s likely because your class rank/GPA/SAT fall in the borderline zone. I’m sure there’re students in their school who can view UVA as a safety.

Nope. Uw 4.0; most rigorous course path; 35 ACT