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05-09-2008, 11:59 AM
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#76 | | Member
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| college admissions this year was crazy...so the applicants next year are probably going to panic and apply to loads of places...i suggest you do the same but as long as you like the place and not just the name | 
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05-09-2008, 12:14 PM
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#77 | | Member
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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.
| 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.
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05-09-2008, 03:51 PM
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#78 | | Junior Member
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| A few more notes, don't not apply to one of the schools you really like just beacause there ay be a challenging application. It will all be worth it in the end. Also, look into safties that you will love, but also that award a lot a marit scholarships. That way, even though it may not have been your first choice in school, it will be potentially be cheaper than your first choice. look at this extensive thread to get some ideas: Best schools that give the most merit based aid | |
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05-09-2008, 03:55 PM
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#79 | | Junior Member
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| Oh, ok. Thanks for all the recs/essay advice. I'll start on the essays this summer, and ask for recs late-August/early-September? I definitely know one teacher I will ask, but am still deciding who to ask for number two. | |
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05-09-2008, 04:23 PM
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#80 | | New Member
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I would say keep it under 10 and make them schools that you really really want to apply to. The application fees are expensive. | |
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05-09-2008, 04:37 PM
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#81 | | New Member
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| I agree. There is a lot of money out there. It just takes research, patience and hard work to find it. Never decide against applying for a school because of money. | |
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05-09-2008, 04:52 PM
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#82 | | Junior Member
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| applied to 31 schools. | |
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05-09-2008, 05:08 PM
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#83 | | Junior Member
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| what!!! that is crazy...well over $1000 in app fees is insanity, unless you got waivers | |
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05-09-2008, 06:15 PM
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#84 | | Member
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| Hey, I'm also from MN! I applied to 13 schools and I stretched myself really, really thin with all those applications. Then I only got into 6 (so I should have been more realistic or worked harder on those essays), and if I hadn't gotten into Amherst, I still have no idea what I would have chosen. (I'm now a happy Amherst student!)
But please, please don't do what I did. Research schools first so you KNOW where you want to go, and don't apply to a school just because you read something neat in the viewbook. Also, I think visiting as many schools as you can before you even apply is a good idea. Even if you can't go far, at least check out the MN schools you're interested in.
As far as numbers of matches, reaches and safeties, I don't think there should be an exact formula - but as has been said, you should not only be willing to go to every school you go to, but LOVE the idea of being a student there. This is important for the safeties, of course, but the others as well. Ask yourself, "If this is the only school I got into, would I take a year off and apply again, transfer after a year, or go here without doubts?" | |
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05-09-2008, 06:26 PM
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#85 | | Senior Member
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| 10 is a good number I'd say--give or take.
it's up to you
I mean, do you really care about app fees at all? compared to tuition, they're nothing. | |
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05-09-2008, 08:22 PM
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#86 | | Junior Member
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| I had a list of around 10 colleges to begin with junior year, but I narrowed it down to 5 after college visits in the summer/clarifying what I wanted to do in college.
I had about 2 safeties, one match, 2 "reaches", but I got into all of them. Then I revisited and narrowed my list down to 1. The one I'm going to. | |
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05-10-2008, 01:13 AM
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#87 | | Member
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| how should one apply for waivers? im currently on a gap year, doing my national service/ military service. should i get my superior to certify me poor? | |
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05-10-2008, 09:38 AM
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#88 | | Senior Member
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| i'm planning to apply to like 18  | |
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05-10-2008, 09:45 AM
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#89 | | Senior Member
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| IMO, 10-12 is a reasonable number. | |
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05-10-2008, 10:07 AM
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#90 | | News Editor
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| Well, if I don't get the Questbridge Match, it will be UNC-Chapel Hill EA for me. Not going to put much work into it.
(Although my mother will scream DUKE DUKE DUKE!) | |
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