<p>Hi Alumother! I would advise him to add Brown to his crapshoot (reach) list - lots of California kids there who really love the place. I agree that the total number of schools is too much - an overwhelming number of apps and the quality of the essays is sure to suffer with that many. He only needs three low reach schools that he really likes…I like the 3/3/3 plan plus one ED for a total of ten applications.</p>