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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]BTW i do think a bunch of the reason schools limit to 10 has to do with capacity of college office and registrar to handle all the forms and transcripts.

The question to ask is whether the school has raised its limit in last 5 years as the number of apps each kid submits nationally rises. If they have not raised, then why not.

At our “elite” private school, 120-140 kids per class. 4 college counselors. 1 registrar. Everyone always seems overwhelmed.

This is a school with $100m endowment and charging almost $50k. Meaning they can afford it. Yet they underpay the 4 CCO people which forces them to take side gigs at school including overnight trip chaperones and grade deans.

And of course the office shuts down dec 15-Jan 5. So your are out of luck on final essay help.

So 10 also helps them. Let’s be frank.

So why not raise to 15 and hire two to three more bodies in CCO

Can’t entirely ignore what’s happening around us. Realize this implies an arms race but the reality is other kids are applying 12-15

Kids need more shots on goal these days. [/quote]

You realize publics have 500+ students and no college counselors and yet they manage.[/quote]

Yes entirely. That’s actually sort of my point.  No question private school kids are coddled and advantaged in many ways

But the college office at our Big 3 has been constantly “busy” since junior year. Fall appointments for essay review were 4-6 weeks out. Registrar ignored emails.

Plenty of public schools with no budget can handle sending 1000-5000 transcripts [/quote]

What? This is shocking. We are at a NYC private school and my dc was able to schedule next day appointments with his school counselor, even the last week of October before ED apps went in. Our school does not limit apps (although they advise 12 schools and most students do something like that). I'm confused as to why the transcripts are even an issue with the Common App. Don't they just need to upload it one time and then send an official transcript in June to the school at which you matriculate?[/quote]

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