<p>I am 90% sure that I want to major in Business. </p>
<p>I am planning to apply to 13 colleges and wonder if it is too much. </p>
<p>Planning to Apply for Early Action
*Work on these during school year
Babson College- 11/1
Northeastern University- 11/1
Santa Clara University- 11/1
Bentley University- 11/1</p>
<p>Planning to Apply for Regular Decision: </p>
<p>*Work on these thanksgiving break:
UCSD- 11/30
UCB- 11/30</p>
<p>*Work on these winter break:
Cal Poly SLO- 12/30
Boston University- 1/1
Wake Forest University- 1/1
Drexel University- 2/1
Syracuse University- 3/18
University of Redlands- ROLLING APP</p>
<p>It’s a bit on the excessive side compared to most people’s lists, but if you honestly feel like you want to consider all thirteen then it’s definitely worth a few more day’s worth of work to make sure you can make the most out of the next four years of your life. I have friends who have applied to 15-20 schools, so it’s doable. Senior year is so lax partially for so that we DO have time to work on all those applications. Just realize that you might be spending close to $1000 just in application costs and the more schools you apply to, the more you’ll want to visit as well.</p>
<p>As long as you can afford all of those application fees, and like someone else said, you have some safeties that you are sure to get into. It’s great to have lots of options. My daughter applied to 7 and a few of them she knew she would never go to and I asked her “then why did you apply”, I feel like she wasted some of our money by doing that. Lucky for us, two of them were state colleges with a $30 app fee…all of the rest were at least twice that, and one was $75. It was nice for her to have options, she got accepted to 5 and wait listed at two. Good luck!</p>
<p>I applied to 13 and got into 10. Now I have a lottt of deciding to do! But to be honest I actually found it kind of fun to fill out all those apps. Clicking “submit” has a real feeling of satisfaction to it…</p>
<p>13 is probably too much. Several reasons why:</p>
<p>You want to apply to colleges that you are truly interested in, and ones that you would want to spend the next four years in. Unless you really want to attend a specific university, don’t waste your time and money applying.</p>
<p>Lots and lots of time. Unless you’re using the Common App, it will take you a lot of time writing all those essays and filling out your lists of classes, extracurriculars and other accomplishments, etc. Also, your teachers will have to send all those recommendation letters to each of those schools.</p>
<p>Money. Each application typically costs between $60-80, so for 13 colleges you’re looking at close to $1000 spent on applications alone.</p>
<p>From my perspective, I only applied to five schools, including two reach schools (MIT and Caltech) and one safety school (U of Arizona). I got accepted into all of them (except Caltech, which I got waitlisted). For most people, five or six colleges is a good number to apply to.</p>
<p>Your schedule of when to work on them is way too close to the deadlines (e.g. working over Thanksgiving break on apps that are due at the end of November). Get most of the work out of the way before school even starts… I had my apps done before summer ended and I was so glad I did because senior year is unlike any other - less motivation, more to do socially, more fun to have… And when you have apps bogging you down, it sucks.</p>
<p>They others are right on, although to answer your question 13 is not too much if you’d be happy attending all of them and can afford the app fees. It’s good insurance in an unpredictable process, but be prepared to feel like you wasted a lot of time after all your decisions have come out.</p>
<p>well if your going to business slim down your list. i wouldn’t call drexel a business savvy school. and isnt cal poly a tech school too haha. id definitely keep syracuse, wake, babson, bentley, ucb, santa clara, northeatern, and bu… idk much about the rest. if know your major try to pick a school that is strongest at your area of study, but also choose a school with a many programs so that if you hate business your not stuck with limited mobility to switch majors.</p>
<p>1) Can you afford all the applications? Even though many schools offer fee waivers, remember that you have to send SAT scores, etc.
2) Are you willing to put in the effort as regards communicating with your school and parents? Sending transcripts?
3) Will you have the time/patience to do all the supplemental essays necessary?<br>
4) Have you carefully identified safeties, matches, and reaches? Would you be happy attending any of these schools? </p>
<p>If the answers are all yes, then I’d say go ahead.</p>
<p>13 is not too much. I applied to 15, accepted at 8, 4 waitlists, 3 rejections. My list was well balanced and so should yours be. And start apps earlier than that unless they are all on the Common App. And Cal-Poly has a good business program.</p>
<p>In my opinion, yes. I think in the end you will realize that it’s unnecessary, but if you have the time and money (application fees) then go for it. I have friends who have applied to 16. Good luck :)</p>
<p>Personally, I don’t think it’s too many. You can probably use the same base essay and simply tailor it to each school; however, I suggest that instead of waiting until the last minute, you should write a few essays over the summer between your junior and senior year and then edit them in your early senior year. You can begin filling out applications as they become available. Applications themselves are pretty easy to fill out. Your teachers will use the same base LoR and just edit them for each school, and sending test scores and transcripts to 13 schools is just as easy as sending them to 5.</p>
<p>You probably don’t actually NEED to apply to 13, though. I think anywhere between 3 and 8 is probably a good number for undergrad.</p>
<p>My son applied to 15 schools, which in retrospect was way too many. He was only seriously interested in about 10 of the schools. He applied to too many reaches, was warned that he might get a lot of rejections. The last week of March, he received 6 rejections from all his favorite schools. This was a very tough thing to deal with - lots of disappointment and sadness. In the end, he was accepted to 7 schools and waitlisted at 2. Fortunately, he was accepted to Univ of Michigan, which he just found out last week, so now he’s very happy. </p>
<p>My recommendation would be to really research the schools you think you’re interested in and try to limit your applications to 10 or under. Managing a high number of applications is a lot of extra work. Also, make sure that your GPA and test scores meet or exceed most of the schools you apply to. Each year acceptance rates are declining and schools are getting more selective, more selective than their printed admissions stats usually reflect.</p>
<p>We have a son who is a freshman in high school and we’re definitely limiting his apps to less than 10, hopefully more like 7 or 8.</p>
<p>In all honesty almost all my friends applied to at least 12. I applied to 16. Almost all of them had multiple essays. It turned out well for me. It worked out well for almost all of my friends (as long as their list had a good balance of safeties, targets, and reaches). Again, if YOU find 13 schools you would genuinely go to and are a balanced list, and YOU cam complete the applications, and YOU can stay on top of everything, then YOU should be able to apply to however many you’d like. Don’t discount schools you like because of what people on the internet tell you. The kids I know who applied to about 8 or so this year are now in a pickle because they didn’t get the results they’d hoped for. No, you don’t need to apply to 20 schools, but 13 is perfectly fine.</p>
<p>Depends on your stats. Some of your schools are more selective than others. It’s good to have a least 1 safety that you LOVE, and 3 or so matches and 2 or more reaches. </p>
<p>What is your reason for applying to so many? Is some of it for merit scholarships so you can compare offers? Are there any you can cross off your </p>
<p>If you get some early acceptances in December, will you not apply to some others?</p>
<p>Sometimes getting in to many or most of your schools makes April really tough because you have so many choices.</p>
<p>I don’t understand why you wouldn’t apply to the rolling admissions school in the first batch or earlier. You could get an acceptance right away, maybe before the EA school applications are due. Also, I think your chances with RA are better the earlier you apply. Maybe it’s a safe, safe safety for you.</p>