runallday4

Also, for a lot of my matches, I'm in the range, just I'm calling them matches because of how selective they are.

jonnathan

Am I the only one who actually prefers my safety to all my reach schools? Hahaha, I much rather end up there than at Duke which is one of the reaches I have in mind.

EliKresses

Reach: 4
Match: 3
Safety: 2

One of each of my reaches and matches use the same application, and one of my safety schools is waiving their application fee for me. Surprisingly, my dream school (where I'll be applying ED) is actually a match school, not a reach school. =P

ShadowMist

Safety: 1
Match: 2
Reach: 2
Yeah... I need to find more schools. Haha.

SeattleLove13

i have 10 schools
Safety: 3
Match: 5
Reach: 2
But it might change a little depending on how I do on the SAT and ACT when i retake them this fall

eagle69

Safety- 4 (pepperdine, st Olaf, Minnesota, Wisconsin)
Match- Uhhh BC+USC?
Reach- notre dame, Gtown

Niquii77

I'm applying to 4 schools
Safety: 2
Match: 2
Reach: 1 (if I try to get the full tuition scholarship)

h1lbert

my list looked like this:
reach - 1 (Penn)
match - 2 (UVA, UNC)
low match - 3 (American, Drexel, UGeorgia)
safety - 1 (VCU)

thebrainyone

My list consists of

3 safeties
4 matches
5 reaches

12 total. Many of my safeties and matches have bs/md programs which I'm also applying to

KN12345

Safety: 2
Match: 2
Reach: 4

UVA is a match school for me (in state)- would be very happy to go there.

chingstah

Reaches: 5
Safeties/Matches: 4
Safeties: 2

For a total of 11! I keep getting the impression this is too few, or too much

basicspace

Still a Junior here, and my list is probably going to be highly optimistic and unrealistic, but meh:
Reaches: a ton (MIT, Caltech, Stanford, Princeton, Harvard, Columbia, Cornell maybe, Chicago)
Matches: a few (Berkeley, UCLA, Michigan)
Safeties: All the other UCs

It is heavily skewed towards the top; however, if I do well this year in the Science Olympiad, get a 5.0 GPA (6 AP classes), maybe get an officer position in NHS, and possibly get an internship at a lab, I'm positively sure I have a fair shot at a bunch of them.

emberjed

Reach: 3
High match/low reach: 4
Match: 2
Safety: 2

Crimsonstained7

I'm only applying to 5 or 6 (not sure if I'm doing the last one) because I'm applying ED to my favorite college. I have one safety both financially and admissions-wise, one or two safeties admissions-wise (not sure about FinAid). One match (which I like enough to enjoy going there, it's my #2) and two reaches.

I don't get the idea of doing so many safeties. If they're true safeties, why do you need so many? Find one you'd thrive in, enjoy, have enough money for, and be fine with that one safety. I understand having so many if you're indecisive, not sure about FinAid, etc. but my suggestion, is to focus on a few you really love, both matches and reaches, and one you'd be fine at as a safety. Although, I'm prone to not listening to people, probably to a point that's not the smartest idea.

Oh, and I'd like to add, having a huge variety on your list often is people ignoring weather. If all your safeties are UC's, just as an example (not to pick on you basicspace) and you like California weather, I'd stick to warmer top-rated schools like Stanford, Rice, etc. because while they may not be ivy league, they're almost as good, and if you don't like cold weather you'd be miserable for 3 months in the Northeast. For me, weather doesn't matter that much. I am okay with the South (where I live currently) but I'd prefer the cold. Just a thought to all you applying to so many colleges, make sure you'd fit in at these schools other than just academically.

1Rachel94

Reach: 1
Match: 5
Safety: 2