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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let's say you are strong contender for Dartmouth. You want to go there badly. No matter who you are, you might not get in.

With the way college admissions is now, you may not get into NYU, or USC either.

Let's say you don't get into any of the above schools... then you have to settle for... like, Indiana? If you could have applied to Brown, Cornell, and Penn-- one of them may have worked out. But no-- that's TOO MANY applications (when including all of the "safeties" that are needed).

So you just have to go that state school you're not that excited about? This is actually playing out for many students and it is sad.

Let them apply where they want.[/quote]

Here's the thing you are missing. By limiting the amount of applications to people serious about the school, you will see increases in acceptance rate for those that really want to go there and a higher yield. And isn't that the point? You should be competing with people that have a desired interest in that school and aren't using for clout or because one of their friends went there or to satisfy some need to stockpile acceptances. Perfect example. My DC is interested in a good OOS school and told several friends it was a top choice. A group of about 10 or more at the school then just applied there despite having no real interest, never visiting or having a realistic plan to attend. Now they're all competing with each other despite one truly wanting to attend. Maybe that shines through in the application but it's still changes the calculation with more applicates from the school.

One way you can limit this is to raise the application fees and then allow those fees to be applied to tuition if the person accepts the offer. You'd streamline out a lot of people who are unserious. Yes, the drawback is that favors families that have more resources but I doubt you'd see 30 applications if the fee was like $250. For those with financial constraints, there could be refund option if accepted or lesser expense. But you'd definitely see behavior change if you asking families to spend $5k on shotgun applications.[/quote]

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