Shotgunning—I'm very confused

CottonTales
Tue, 04 Aug 2020 20:47:39 +0000

I have to disagree with all of the above posters in one respect. If you are in the category of low income, I say please go ahead and crapshoot if you have the complete application stats and EC’s that top schools are looking for. The reason I say that is because the best financial aid for very low income students is at those schools. A $0 EFC qualified student can go to one of the generous schools for much less than most other schools, often with no debt. As far as not being able to do a good job at 23 applications, hooey. A student that is qualified for those schools can start early in the summer and crank out the essays by the time applications are due. IIRC, my kiddo cranked out 32 secondarys for med school applications and that was after double digit UG apps. Even though each school had to be researched for the essays, a good amount could be reused for most schools. For my kid, crapshooting did well in both UG and med school as far as $ went. YMMV

JMO