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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]According to the latest Common App report (2022 cycle), students with SAT scores (ACT equiv) of 1500+ (76,747 applicants) submitted on average 9 applications.

24% of students with scores >1400 submitted 10-14 applications and 28% submitted more than 15.

No surprise, but high volume applicants are applying to highly selective schools: "Naturally, this effect would tend to result in a greater concentration of high-volume applicants in the pools of the most selective members."

https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ca.research.publish/Research_Briefs_2022/2022_12_09_Apps_Per_Applicant_ResearchBrief.pdf

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If a qualified applicant has a 10-20% chance at any given school and the chances at any given school are unrelated to the chances at other schools, it makes sense to shotgun applications [/quote]

I understand why kids are doing it but the reality is it will only get worse for students because if more students submit 15+ applications to the same pool of T100 schools, the 10-20% chance will decrease to 5-10%, especially when you are competing with potentially 76000+ kids with at least a 1500 SAT score (ACT equivalent) and an additional 98000+ in the 1400 range.[/quote]

Yup. worse for students, but for the colleges, if they miscalculate yield, they just pull from the WL.  In the end the college wont care, their goal is to fill their freshman class.  If they can make an extra $75*20K students, they will gladly take it[/quote]

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