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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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.

[b]I don't think 11 is too many schools, [/b]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]

Sadly I have to agree.  From the DC area, you may have to do 10 or 11.  I know of kids who applied to 10 and didn't get into any of them.  It's like going to Las Vegas.[/quote]

This is not true if the student does his homework.  DC applied to four and it was more than enough.  I would recommend no more than 8. [/quote]

A few of the private schools are big on the minimalist approach, but not every guidance counselor has the connections to colleges and/or the time to work closely with each student to use this approach effectively. But most kids around here applly to about a dozen: 3 safeties or so , 5-6 targets, and 2-3 reaches. [/quote]

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