Number of applications

geek_mom
Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:14:40 +0000

Mine would have stopped at one application if I’d let him. I insisted on two rolling-deadline safeties; then when he showed clear signs of application season burnout, we agreed to put off the rest of the applications until after his ED decision came in. That was the end of that. Most of his classmates applied to one college, maybe two if they were worried about money at an out-of-state pick. The CC way of doing things is almost completely unknown to his high school. In retrospect, I can’t help but think that CC is probably just a ridiculously tiny sliver of the “college application community,” even for those tippy-top schools. There’s some good advice here, along with some great people who share a wealth of experience and support… but I’m wary of drawing conclusions about applicant pools based on CC reports.