How many apps is too many?

ab2013
Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:57:03 +0000

I think more than 10 is uncalled for …

Really, you should do something like:
2 safeties
2 matches
2 reaches

Personally, I had like 10 schools at first … did some research and narrowed it down to
2 safeties - UMich and Mich State
1 ‘match’ - Chicago (really it didn’t work that well b/c I was on the waitlist until 6/19 :o
and 3 reaches - MIT, Stanford, and Brown

I had more reaches because Michigan is already an amazing school that’s a steal when it comes to value as an IOS … and my parents warned me that they would be willing to pay my Michigan education only. They offered to pay for my Chicago education and nothing else when I got in (I didn’t qualify for much FA) but still I personally thought that Chicago wasn’t worth it and Michigan would help me more in the real world … stuff like that. It was really complicated, but now it’s finally over!