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<p>I disagree, but of course I’m here on CC, so that’s a given :D. The reason I say this is because I think that it’s important to gather information to be able to:</p>
<p>Construct a realistic list of colleges to apply to which contains a range of admissions AND financial safety, match and reach schools.</p>
<p>That is entirely doable and does take knowledge of the college admissions and financial aid/scholarship process. If you look at this forum and the FA & Scholarship forum right now, you will see countless threads about either not being admitted into the majority of schools a student applied to or not being able to afford any school once accepted. Most of these cases would have been avoidable with a basic understanding of this process.</p>