Why would there be a limit?

Anonymous wrote:I don't think there's a limit. Once they upload their stuff (school profile, counselor rec) and the teachers do their recs, aren't they pretty much available for the student to send to whichever school they want to? I'm talking just the common app here..

Depends on the high school's procedure. Our high school uses Naviance to upload recs to Common App. They have it set up such that uploading docs from Naviance to Common App is a function that only the counselor can perform for each college. Other high schools may have it set up differently.

Anonymous wrote:Neighbor's kid goes to Sidwell. He applied to 24. My DC applied to 7.

Sidwell does not allow 24 schools. My DC is a senior. Maybe your neighbor’s kid looked at 24 schools.

I don't think there's a limit. Once they upload their stuff (school profile, counselor rec) and the teachers do their recs, aren't they pretty much available for the student to send to whichever school they want to? I'm talking just the common app here..

Public HS. If I remember correctly, the limit is 10 apps to private colleges. Public are unlimited, probably because our state system does not really have a flagship, and kids usually apply to 4-5 in-state schools.

Neighbor's kid goes to Sidwell. He applied to 24. My DC applied to 7.

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9, DC private.

DC private. They recommend 8-10 schools. However, there is no limit. My kid is applying to 12.

Limit of 11 schools. DC private.

No limit, but only the first four are free. There’s a charge for each additional school.

No limit at my kid's private, however they do encourage you to limit it to around 12. The counselors have all worked in college admissions and don't want the kids to apply everywhere and anywhere and waste college admissions staff time.

Public high schools don’t have limits

No limit. Private school, western US.

Just wondering, what is your child’s school, what is the limit on college applications (if any), and has anything changed due to covid?