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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid's school caps the number of schools he can apply to at 10. He got into all 10. Students need to focus on reality and stop applying to 20 schools. Pick ones they can get into and then they'll have a lot of choices. By applying to schools that are clearly a reach, they made more work for themselves with a limited positive result.[/quote]

No problem with applying to a few reach schools.  Just make sure to have a well rounded group of schools---3-4 Reaches are fine, but you also need 3-4 True Safeties that you DC actually would want to attend (it's not an actual safety if you kid doesn't really want to attend), and then 3-4 targets.  If you want to apply to more, go for it.  Unfortunately, many applying to 20+ schools are including 18+ of those as Reaches and then disappointed in their results.  If a school's acceptance rate is less than 20%, it's a REACH for everyone nowadays.

My own DS did 11 schools---could have done another 4-5 but they were all Reaches with less than 10% acceptance rates.  he decided to narrow it down and select 2-3 Reaches and focus on those, as well as focus on living and enjoying senior year a little bit. 
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