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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I suggest 20+. This year will be tought.[/quote]

Ridiculous and unnecessary.  Your kid is still trying to finish high school.

Be more disciplined about creating a good list (which should be tight, as described above).

Status-driven parents consider this a lottery and just try to buy more tickets, ignoring what that says to their child about the acceptability of anything over T20. [/quote]

I am a quality and achievement-oriented parent. I don’t give a shit about the bumper sticker.  Our family is very stealth about our goals and accomplishments.

DS is applying to as many as 17 schools, depending on ED and EA results. Seven or eight of those are lottery schools for him, 2 safeties and a bunch of high matches that the counselor says are “reaches” though DS is above their 75th %.  [/quote]

How does your DS handle 17 sets of unique supplemental essays?[/quote]

There aren't 17 truly unique sets of essays.  A few of the schools have none; these tend to be safeties for him.

He repurposes some of essays so the same essay can used for multiple schools.  The thesis stays the same (and he would tell you this is the hardest part, devising a compelling, punchy topic) and he tweaks the intro sentences to make it fit the question.   ie, school A: "Tell us something about yourself that other people don't know that has nothing to do with academics."  school B: "Our college takes pride in fostering the passions of our students.  How would you pursue your passion if you attend school B"   ..... <<<<  DS is going to use the same essay for both of these questions.

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