<p>ALL these kids are “trophy hunting.” Look at the countless “chance me for Ivies and other top schools!” threads on this site. A lot of these kids are extremely immature (you would say “dumb”) and have not done the due diligence to come up with a reasonable list–they are simply hoping to get into a number of top-tier schools and then make their choice later. Not to mention, they apparently have money to burn. If it were my kid, I would not pay the application fee to so many schools.</p>