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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why this can't or should not happen:

1. Schools make way too much money from the application fees. They are not going to ask for applications be to be cut down.

2. Schools love to say they are "competitive" because 100,000 people applied for 3,000 spots or whatever. No matter if 90,000 did not have the stats in the first place! The school now looks competitive to anyone who loves highly rejective schools.

3. For those who need to merit shop, they need to apply to a wide range of schools. We were among those. Kids applied to Tuition Exchange schools, schools where kids would be eligible for merit, etc.

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you can say it shouldn't happen, but it can happen. it's quite normal at the most selective private high schools to limit apps which is what this is about[/quote]
Yeah, because everyone at private high schools is rich. If you look under the hood, most will allow scholarship kids to apply to more schools on the down low. [/quote]

no, there's no down low. we have lots of kids on FA.  in fact, we have great questbridge placement. and many kids get really good FA deals - which are almost always inline with the NPC.  also, our counselors have pretty good ideas about who gets merit.

plus they are very upfront about ALL of it. UCAS counts as one app. each school UC system counts individually (which is a a killer imo). All SUNYs count as one app (we're in nyc). and there can be exceptions made for good reasons, last year they had one exception.  the year before none. clarity in this stuff is really important. about why and how etc[/quote]

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