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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]TBH, I think there should be a cap on the number of applications a student can submit in any given year. Ratchet down the pressure, the stat juking, the anxiety, etc.

As acceptance rates plummet, kids are incentivized to increase the number of applications. The colleges are incentivized to get kids to apply, only to reject them.

This is a collective action problem.[/quote]

Agree.

When I applied (early 90s--yes I'm that pp that hand wrote the UC applications) almost every school had a significant application fee too.   Now, so many schools have no application fee.   But I remember Rice in Texas was one of the few universities that did not have an application fee--so almost all of my classmates at least considered applying to Rice--just because  it was free!   Then we saw that Rice's application required THREE lengthy essays...and we all reconsidered!   :D

15-20 college applications is pretty absurd.   Maybe it would be better if students put more thought and effort into a select handful of applications.   And I know a bunch of posters will protest "but it's a crapshoot!"    They need to "cast a wide net!"   
Well, maybe if colleges had more "standards" and less of a "holistic" approach, students would have a better perspective on their chances of getting into specific schools and could narrow their choices better.[/quote]

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