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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Totally agree. [/quote]

Common App should limit number of applications to 12.  If a kid wants to apply to more, they would have to do so outside the Common App, which would mean more work for them (and I imagine many colleges would refuse to accept non-Common App applications).  Sure, some colleges would still accept as many applications as they can get BUT they would know that kids sending in non-Common App applications were flooding the system (I assume that would be a strike against them) and it certainly would cut down on the volume to some extent.[/quote]

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