How many apps is too many?

entomom
Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:55:16 +0000

So I’ve got six or seven right there that are “safeties”, could work depending on where life takes us in the coming year.



You don’t need 6-7 safety schools.



Then there’s the school he really wants to go to, which is far away, in a totally different climate, and another that is not as well known, would probably get in, and in another totally different part of the country than his other choice. But those schools may not be affordable for us, also. It would depend on how much aid they give us. So they’re kind of “reach” schools in that sense. May get in, may be able to afford. Not sure things.



Unless I’ve missed it somewhere, I don’t see what your FA situation is. These reach schools likely only give need based FA and if they did give merit, your S would only be in the running if he was in the very top of the applicant pool, which it doesn’t sound like. Have you run FA calculators to get some idea if you’re definitely not getting FA, in the FA nether land, or likely to get good FA if he’s admitted to a 100% of need, no loan school ??