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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One idea:

I think we need to place a soft limit on apps. Here's how.

All schools have to be on the common app.

Students can apply to 9 schools free of charge

[i]Pro 1: while not an ED situation, schools know this applicant is serious enough about their school to put it on this pretty tidy list. Safeties go back to being safeties.

Pro 2: Schools may not want to encourage 100k+ apps.. Will start to cost them too much to process.  Marketing may become more targeted.[/i]

After the 9 school limit, students can apply to additional schools but the common app will have a box that auto-fills how many schools each applicant has applied to. This gets filled in for every applicant applying to more than 9 schools, and says exactly how many apps this kid is applying to this cycle.  Would update all schools as you apply (ie so that app you send in in November will have how many apps would apply to then, but that box updates throughout the cycle).

[i]Pro: This gives schools key data that's lacking now. For some kids who clearly need a lot of FA, schools may think this applicant is responsibly chasing merit. Other schools may get used to saying in presentations, "we think 12 schools is reasonable".  And "Of course, we take a second look at those applicants who have done their research and have us on their short list". Most schools won't take the kids applying bazooka-style, improves yield. [/i]

Also, every app after the 9 is $50 and that goes into a fund for community colleges. I think this could be something like 20-50mm a year min.[/quote]

Wont work because schools like getting 100K applications.  It makes them appear to be highly ranked and desirable.  They are still getting an excellent group of freshman so they don't care if they need to reject 95%.  Can't control what private schools do really[/quote]

Yeah, schools think system is working, but there have been times the Govt came in. NPC is a government thing, for example. We could mandate something [/quote]

Cannot mandate at private schools.  Only states can mandate at their state schools, so nothing would be accomplished. [/quote]

A lot is mandated at private schools. Once again, Americans confused how many things are mandated.  Or what mandate means.[/quote]

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