<p>I honestly don’t see what is wrong with applying to a school just to see if you can get accepted. Yes it is to test yourself against your peers. But what is wrong with that? Everyone compares themselves to their peers. That is just simple psychology. High achieving high school seniors will apply to reach schools in order to see if they are as good as the people that have been accepted in the past. Does it make sense? Absolutely not. BUT EVERYONE DOES IT. It is the same thing as wanting to have the best car in the neighborhood, or wearing the best clothes, or having the nicest house. For some reason the majority of humans have a desire to feel superior to someone else. It is a simple drive that makes us want to achieve more and get more out of our lives. That is a large part of the reason that people apply to reach schools that they are not interested in.</p>
<p>And on the other hand we are still just kids. Do any of you adults remember how scary it was to leave home for the first time? You start senior year with the realization that you will be leaving in just a few months. As a kneejerk reaction you end up applying to a ton of schools. You don’t always have time to carefully research each one. Sometimes you get e-mails from schools telling you that you have to apply in order to get excused from the admissions fee. And what harm is brought about by filling out a quick application? It just feels as though time is going so fast that you are literally running out of time. We panic and make some bad decsions on our applications. </p>
<p>I honestly don’t understand why people expect us to act with an adult mentality. We are still somewhat irrational. Experience and wisdom come with age and we are YOUNG and inexperienced. </p>
<p>I understand why people apply to a ton of schools and I understand why adults think it is stupid to do so. Yet I DO NOT understand why everyone has to analyze and understand every single decision that we high schoolers make. Personally I think that applying to a ton of schools is stupid. But I don’t see why it harms anyone. If these people don’t get into the schools they like they actually have some choices left. Unlike the ones that get rejected from all of their favorite schools and than have to go to a community college.</p>
<p>Also this is an informal forum. Why must you personally attack one another? There should be a thread that asks why people are so immature that they will make up insults to fling at someone just because they have an opposing oppinion. Have we really become so close minded that we can’t see through our own bias and accept the fact that some people have different outlooks on the world?</p>