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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If  student makes 10 applications, that means there are 9 colleges that he/she did not attend. Why not apply to 10 colleges if all you do is click?[/quote]

You don't just click. There are supplemental essay's for each school as well as the 1) transcripts that need to be sent 2) recommendations that need to be sent and 3) test scores that need to be sent (which costs $$$)

Add in a $55-$90 application fee plus the costs of sending the test scores for SAT, AP's and subject tests, it is not as easy as you think nor as inexpensive.[/quote]

Right. Mine applied to 11 and it was a very time consuming process.  All but one had supplemental essays, in some cases multiple ones. Several of them were very school specific so couldn't be cut and paste from a standard essay. I know some kids apply to more but I am not sure DC could have done too many more and continued to do well in school. Yes the common app makes it slightly easier for the base info, but having also done the Georgetown app which isn't on the common app it wasn't really that hard to do a separate application form.[/quote]

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