<p>This is utterly ridiculous. I am a senior in high school, and I applied to three schools: two safeties and one reach. </p>
<p>It doesn’t seem a matter of money to me. It seems that the kids nowadays don’t know much about the schools to which they are applying other than that they have big, famous names. A good fit is the most important when applying to college. My reach school was the only school I sincerely wanted to attend. I felt comfortable and at home there, and I only applied to the safety schools at my parents’ request. </p>
<p>Yes, the CommonApp might come into the picture, especially if one can simply press “Send” to have it shipped via the Internet to twenty different schools.</p>