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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have gone through this once at a private school, and will soon go through it again at a public.

The private had great college guidance, so I'm following their schedule with DC#2 who is at a public high school.

The private school made sure every student had their common application essay FINISHED before the start of their senior year. Then the student can focus on individual essays for the schools they are applying to.

My advice: show a lot of interest in schools that your child really thinks she wants to attend. My DD got accepted at her highest "reach" school, probably because she pestered the school, visited twice, did an overnight, talked to professors, etc. She didn't end up attending that school, but she got in.

My DD got waitlisted at several "safety" schools that she never visited. I'm pretty sure these schools didn't want to admit a student they thought was unlikely to attend. All of the schools urged her to contact them if she was interested in keeping her name on the waiting list. If she hadn't gotten accepted to other schools, she would have contacted them, and I'm guessing, she'd have been admitted.

I don't think 11 is too many schools, OP. That's the reality these days. With the common app, it's easy to apply to many schools. More than 11 is too many though! [/quote]

This was our experience too.  Waitlisted at safety schools where we didn't show enough interest.  Great financial aid offer from a school where we visited twice.  By the way, there are other ways to show interest other than by visiting (which can get expensive).  Didn't find this out til kid 2, but there are ways that the admissions office can see whether your kid actually opened the e-mail they sent, or whether they deleted it without reading it.  If there's a local event in the area for a school on your kid's list, your kid should go.  Not with you, necessarily.  But the kid should go to the coffee, the dinner, whatever.  If your child gets a phone call from a school and they leave a message like "just asking if you have any questions,"  your child should call back.  (Come up with some generic questions they can ask in these situations.)  If your child gets an e-mail saying, "Just wondering if you have any questions,"  your child should e-mail back with a question.

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