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DD1 applied to six - two reach, two matches and two safeties. It's important that you be willing to attend ALL your choices; otherwise why apply? If you're not willing to attend the school then it's not a safety.
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This was always the advice for the GC's at my D's HS. If any of your schools are rolling admission, though, it is absolutely critical to apply early. Way before whatever they call the deadline. Several of my D's friends were rejected from safeties or matches this year because the freshman class had filled up.
You need to take some control over the amount of work you will be doing while applying, too. Applying to many schools that use the common ap and have easy supplements will not be too hard on you. Applying to many schools (more than 12) with unique applications or essay requirements will be really hard. Divide your list into
1) Common Ap, easy supplement
2) Common Ap, challenging supplement
3) Unique Ap, few or short or recyled from the Common Ap essays
4) Unique Ap with several unique essays
You are clearly an honors student. Don't forget to factor in extra essays you will need to write for honors admission if there are colleges on that list where you would only go if you were accepted into honors.
Also, some colleges change their essays from year to year.