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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are currently at a private school outside of the area. For years the school has had a 10 application limit that was strictly enforced.  The goal is to have to kids put work into developing a really solid school target list (and minimize competition with each other too I am sure).  For the past 2 years parents have been hearing stories about kids who got rejected from all 10 and that leading to a mad scramble to get a few more applications in to get acceptances.

The school is now asking for feedback from parents about the application limit.

I have a sophomore and a middle schooler, so I’ve just started watching this board. And I admit I’m worried. My sophomore DD is also starting to get worried, mostly through the stress on her older friends.  I am trying to focus on there being a good fit school for everyone. We also talk about how top 50 school admission is more of a lottery than anything.

What is a reasonable application limit in this world? [/quote]

Depends on level of compliance at your school. When everyone is applying to 15+ the kids are all applying to the same schools and competing with each other. The same few kids will get multiple acceptances to all the top 20 schools because they look very similar but slightly different from the other kids from your school. This happened at my dcs school last year to the kids who had to go the RD round. [/quote]

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