<p>I am starting to apply to college for fall 2010 and I am worried that my college list is too short as of right now there are only three schools on my list: The University of Notre Dame, The University of Georgia, and The University of Florida(my state school). I know that I would be happy at any one of these three schools but I am very freaked out and very scared, I keep thinking that three isn’t enough, that I need to apply to more and add safety schools that are a sure thing but then I don’t really want to go anywhere else besides these three. I also cannot see myself being rejected from UF or UGA, I know it is possible but I just don’t see it happening.</p>
<p>Nobody can really say without knowing more about how you stack up against the admissions standards of these schools. If your grades and scores are such that you will certainly be admitted to UF, and you would really like to go there, then you have no problem.</p>
<p>If you’re stressing out about it, there’s no harm in applying to a rolling admission super-safety (one that will 99.9% chance accept you) early in the fall.</p>
<p>if you’ve picked your schools carefully it might be okay, but it still sounds wayyyyy too short</p>
<p>If one or both state schools have rolling admission and you get your app in early and thus find out early in the fall whether you got in I don’t see a problem. I don’t know how numbers-driven the state schools are, but you might check with your high school counselor and see what he/she thinks based on previous admissions. For very strong students the rolling admission state schools can be safeties.</p>
<p>If I were you, I’d apply to some safeties in Florida. Someone I know completed IB with a 4.4, over 30 act and was denied at UF instate. Chances of being denied are slim if you’ve got the stats, but if you don’t have an absolutely killer app, it’s still a possibility.</p>
<p>From what I have read and been told lately, you should be applying to more schools. Three is not enough, unless you are absolutely sure you will get into one of them.</p>
<p>Basically, you should be applying to your dream school(one that is possibly a far reach school), then you should apply to a couple of possible schools(schools that you have a good shot at, but are competitive, based on your profile).</p>
<p>They say you should always have one or two safety net schools(schools that you are pretty much a shoe in at).</p>
<p>My sons counselor told us he should be applying to roughly 7 colleges, possibly even more if we are choosing highly competitive schools.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>ST - Back when the dinosaurs roamed the earth, three was the preferred number of applications. But … since your list looks like one reach and two safeties, how about eliminating your risk by applying to either a rolling admissions university (as suggested above) or to an Early Action university? That way you’d have an admission (or not … EEK!) by mid-December.</p>
<p>Notre Dame has non-binding early action. Application complete by November 1, decision by Christmas.
If you are prepared to scramble during your winter break if you don’t get accepted, then you could put off applying to more schools (other than the two publics) until then. You should still have a list of additional schools you are interested in and have those applications available (OK if they are online).</p>
<p>I think will apply to UGA and Notre Dame Early action and I will apply to UF, Florida State and USC regular decision and I’ll just hope for the best.</p>
<p>There is no reason to feel that you are missing out on some kind of fun by having only three schools on your list. My nephew applied to ONE (yes, 1) university. This is his home-state public U. He knew that he was guaranteed admission based on his GPA and ACT scores because the information was posted on the university website. He did the on-line application the day after Thanksgiving, and had his acceptance in his hand a week later. He has been very happy there.</p>
<p>Read the websites for the Florida public universities and see if you qualify for guaranteed admission at any of them. If you do, and you prefer one over another, you can safely apply to the one you like best and forget about the other. Do talk with your parents about how your family plans to pay for your education. Do you qualify for the Bright Futures program? How much more money can you and your parents come up with? If you need a lot of financial aid, the whole picture changes, and you should also identify a community college that can serve as a financial safety school for your first two years.</p>
<p>Be wary of applying to ND EA. Unlike many EA schools, they reject outright EA. Unless you have some special connection, like a strong legacy, better to apply RD. Talk to families who have a student there about it.</p>
<p>I only applied to two schools. UF and UW-Madison.</p>
<p>My grades are pretty average, but my test scores are really good. Not Ivy material, but definitely state school material. Maybe it was a gamble, but I didn’t really want to go anywhere except UW-Madison, and I grudgingly applied to UF just in case. I got into UW-Madison and I’ll be attending in the fall. I didn’t think UW was a 100% sure thing, but I had a really good feeling about it, and somehow I just knew that it’s where I belong. I didn’t freak out about chances, etc. I just feel like you’ll wind up where you belong, and I knew that UW was where I belong.</p>