<p>nocousin, for someone much older and wiser than I am, you are sounding a bit childish and immature. I am very confused and I need the guidance. I am accepting all of the advice, but now I’m just beginning to narrow down the list. It’s difficult to narrow it down to thirteen colleges (13 is my lucky number, actually. I would explain this, but you’d be here for ages), but I will try as hard as I can. Why is it a bad thing to apply to many colleges at once? I mean, the Common App fixes everything, right? I don’t know; could you explain why I must apply to very few colleges? nocousin, you actually talked about it with me at one point, then stopped.</p>