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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Crazy.  3 safeties, 3 matches and 3 reaches.[/quote]

Are we able to use pejoratives for strategies we don’t agree with?

Great!  I am in.

3 safeties is incredibly stupid. Why would anyone need more than one safety?[/quote]

Perhaps they’re seeing which one of the safeties offered the best merit aid?[/quote]
 
+1 It can also make sense to apply to multiple safeties if you haven't had a chance to visit and so aren't sure which is most preferred. It nice in the end to feel you have choices.

20 still seems like an awful lot to 1) submit quality applications, if they have a lot of supplements 2) pay for if you don't get waivers. And, then in the end if that 20 includes a lot of matches/safeties you are just pushing the decision making to a more compressed time in the Spring. I know one student who applied to nearly 20 last year. She hadn't been able to visit because of covid and had no idea what she wanted so the 20 were all over the place in size and location. She got into most of them and still had a lot of trouble deciding so they were cramming in a lot of visits to try to figure it out. 
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