Comments on: Introducing Friday College Town Hall!

By: Bre Davis

Bre Davis — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:33:49 +0000

I applied to 10 colleges and I got accepted into 7,it made my decsion harder because I had no clue as to where I wanted to go,I just knew I wanted to.I believe you should do 4 to 5 schools,its highly expensive an you will not have as much paper work to stress you out.

By: Raminta

Raminta — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:36:03 +0000

I think it depends on what you want. If you’re set on a particular school, you can apply early decision and potentially save yourself a lot of stress. If you apply to a few schools that are sure to accept you and that you’d gladly attend, do that. I didn’t fit into either of these categories and I applied to nine schools: one Ivy, seven fairly selective schools, and one safety school. I got many of the application fees waived so it worked out fine. I don’t think eight is TOO many, but more than eight can be pushing it and less than eight is fine.

By: Molly

Molly — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 23:09:35 +0000

I applied to 8 schools and that was perfect! It’s also fun to get all the info from all the different colleges in the mail! I applied to places all over, so when I got accepted I got good options. Too little amount is not good in case you don’t get accepted.

By: Mom

Mom — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 22:09:50 +0000

If you’re trying to get into a top 50 school, be it a research school or liberal arts school, that’s the minimum I would consider applying to. In recent years applications are at an all time high while acceptances are at an all time low. Even 4.0 / 2400 SAT students are being turned down. It’s not about the numbers anymore as much as it is the full package. My daughters school recommends they apply to 2-3 reach schools, as many match school and a 1-2 safety schools that they wouldn’t mind attending if it comes to that. You simply can’t be certain of anything any more. In the case of my child, her major isn’t offered at every school. Most school’s where it is available are highly competitive or HUGE. Huge is automatically out. She is applying this fall and currently has 14 on her list, down from 20. We’ve made many visits already and will be visiting several more schools until she further narrows her choices down. I expect when it’s all said and done that she will most likely be somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 but I have no doubt that it won’t go any lower than 8. Honestly, if you’re using the common app to apply for some of them, it’s not that much of an effort to apply to more. Many of them are nothing more than an additional click and they waive their app fee if you apply via the common app.

By: Charles

Charles — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:41:19 +0000

I think that 8 is a good number. It gives you enough choice as well as opportunity to look at finacial aid. And it also gives you more time to weigh the positives and negatives of each college. If you prepare well, and start visiting colleges now, that are in your proximity or you think truly are your dream schools, then you will probably have enough time to vist unless you do happen to live more than about 300 miles away from your college.

By: Allison

Allison — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:37:36 +0000

Eight may be a bit much, but it all depends on who you are: what you are involved in, your GPA, how much money you have, your SAT/ACT scores, your major, and where you want to go. If the college you want to go to doesn’t have your major, apply to one that does. If the one you want to go to is out of state, apply to an instate just in case financial aid cant give you as much as you need. If you want to go to MIT, but your SAT scores arent way up there in numbers, apply somewhere where your scores are in the average range for that college. Still apply to the ones you want, but think logically about it when you apply.

By: Deanna

Deanna — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:30:01 +0000

I applied to 5 and got into 4. I agree with Joseph (with the 9 applications), 9 apps is definitely a great idea. I just applied to the places I wanted (and could) go then I focused all my spare time on scholarship applications since college apps are definitely time consuming.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:18:49 +0000

I think it’s too many. If you visit all the colleges you’re applying to, you’ll probably get it down to less than 8. Visiting them is SO important, my favorite on my list ended up being one I hated. Anyway, most of the colleges you apply to, you have to pay an application fee for, and they’re like, $25 to $50 a piece, that’s $200 to $400 just to apply. Plus, if you get accepted to them all, that just makes the decision about where to go harder for you. I definitely think the max you should apply to is 4 or 5.

By: Natassia

Natassia — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:16:23 +0000

I only applied to 3 schools and got into all of them. However, I only visited 1 of those 3 and that made my decision easier. 8 college applications is a lot. I think 5 is a good number. It’s better if you do a lot of research before so you’re not just wasting time, money, and effort on schools that aren’t a good fit for you.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:15:51 +0000

I think applying to eight or more colleges is a good idea. It is better than applying to a few because you not only have more options but if one of the colleges really wants you to go to their school they might help pay for more of the tuition than others. Also there is never a guarantee that you will definitely make it into every college so having eight leaves “comfort room” in which college you can get accepted to. If you apply to two or three, it puts more pressure when someone rejects you from their school. Personally I applied to two schools and I ended up transferring to a better school after my freshman year. So I highly recommend applying to many schools.