Number of applications

FiddlinEcon
Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:24:45 +0000

I think it depends on the applicant’s ability to handle applications how many she/he may send. If the applicant oraganizes app things very well, she/he may send app as many as possible. If it cost too much time regarding its benefit, one should limit the number appropriately. And I think benefit of many app to selective colleges is not very large. It might be better to spend time in examining applicant’s fitness to particular colleges and her/his advantage/disadvantage carefully.
I really don’t think randomness in admission at selective colleges can be a reason for too many app to those schools. We can talk about “chance” of admission but it’s not that we are talking about “probability”.