@GStee8 I read your response at it was quite poignant and as a parent it makes me feel for you and I am hoping you receive some great news soon. My son was accepted at Hamilton, Kenyon and University of Rochester as well as some safe schools. In the past few days he’s been rejected at Swarthmore and waitlisted at Haverford & Notre Dame so the Hamilton acceptance was a pleasant surprise considering they had over 2000 more applications this year. I agree with you on the whole Common App thing. My son applied at 12 schools but we’ve heard of people who applied to many more. He applied at 4 safe schools, 4 competitive schools and 4 reach schools. Good luck and please let us know where you end up.