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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Last year there were quite a few folks who applied to 20+ schools.

In our little Fairfax neighborhood, we had a kid who applied to 25 schools (2 doctor family, so full pay). That kid is now at JMU, so go figure.

My kid only applied to 7 schools.  In hindsight, he should have applied to maybe 2-3 more schools because of the potential risk for not getting into a preferred choice, but he is now at his first choice school so it didn't matter in the end.

BTW, really recommend applying to a rolling admission school in September/October. It really takes the edge off the process.[/quote]

Was your DC open to this? Did the first choice school @ all compare to the rolling admission (size, location, etc)? DC is dragging feet on doing this as it seems most rolling admissions are large universities and DC wants a small LAC. Love any insights/suggestions. GL to your DC in college![/quote]

The rolling schools are typically larger but we did find some LACs were notifying EA very early. My DS got accepted to the College of Wooster on Dec 11, the same day he heard from UVA ED. My DD was accepted to St. Lawrence in early January. So now they are not rolling, but some LACs will notify earlier than most EA schools and well in advance of RD schools.[/quote]

Thanks for your helpful response. DC flat out resisting looking at safeties similar to targets/reaches. Still working on it.[/quote]

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