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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Strawmen. Of course your 20 at 5% example doesn’t yield 100%. Of course there are other factors. The relevant issue is, to the extent there is randomness and controlling for factors that are not random, then more applications improves odds. Thats pretty realistic. I’d argue more realistic than deciding to limit yourself to some random number of 8 or 10 because “fit”—that seems like fantasy and not seeing the numbers. [/quote] One anecdote that supports the importance of fit for admissions: My kid applied 7 selective schools last year. Got into the one that seemed like the best fit ahead of time. Rejected from the one that was (in my mind) the worst fit. Waitlisted everywhere else. [/quote]
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