<p>hmom5, thank you. I think I don’t get you wrong.
I read several news articles about what adcom officers really do as well as some TV programs. I think voting by officers may make randomness if we call it randomness which I think inevitable.</p>
<p>memake, condor30, number of colleges to apply is my concern, too. First of all, GC at my S’s school limits it to 8. It would not be changed except for special circumstances. We are following their line of narrowing process. The reason is convincing to me. I agree with them that it is important for applicants to grow their passion to get in the particular schools.
My S looks having not sufficiently clear pictures of his listed colleges. He has to explore particular schools further but 15 seems to me too many to do it precisely. Maybe the most key point is to find out the best safty school for himself.</p>