<p>^^And it is not true of <1800 unhooked candidates who apply to top 15 colleges. Unless that application is struck by lightning, more applications will only guarantee more rejections.</p>
<p>Applying to more colleges only works IFF that applicant is competitive to begin with. A 4.0/2300+ applying all Ivy is likely to get a bite (or two). But a 3.0/1900 will earn 8 rejections.</p>