I’m curious: Why does it matter what people choose to discuss, especially when some who aren’t familiar with the college application process might benefit form learning the potential problems with applying to an extreme number of schools. Some have pointed out that shotgunning applications without researching things like a school’s retention, graduation and employment rates, or the amount of FA that continues after freshman year could lead to a potentially bad decision re: which college to attend. There are plenty of conversations on cc discussing what people do. There is simply no need to chide posters for participating in a conversation of their choice. As others have said elsewhere, there is no need to participate in a thread if one doesn’t want to discuss the topic. Critiquing the posters or the discussion may be seen as off topic.