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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Never heard of anyone applying to more than 10 schools..I mean I am sure kds do but not common at our mcps school.[/quote]

Wonder if they don’t want to admit it. I’ve learned to take anything parents (other than very close friends) say about this process with a healthy dose of skepticism. Competition, pride, anxiety. It’s a stressful process and people play their own games. [/quote]

If they are a strong candidate and they qualify for application fee waivers or can afford to pay tons of application fees there is really nothing stopping them from applying to as many schools (non binding ED/EA) as they can and casting the widest net for spots and scholarships that they can.

We ran into this last year with schools being flooded by applications.  The common app has been good in some ways but it makes it much easier to apply to 10+ schools.  The same highly qualified group of kids are being offered all of the scholarship money and spots.  To make things worse, the kids who don't make the first cut were getting flat out rejected meaning that the second round of applicants with weaker qualifications were then being considered during regular decision.  Then to compound it all, they don't turn down the offers until the very last possible second and by that point many of the wait listed candidates have accepted offers from other schools.

It's like they fixed one part of the process but broke another part.  I don't know what the solution is.[/quote]

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