Our guidance counselor told us that we need to apply to more than one school. A bunch of my friends say they already know where they want to go, but I think it makes sense to have optoins. How many colleges should I apply to?
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You need to have at least one schol that you know you'll be accepted to. If you get rejected from all the schools you apply to, you'd be in a bad situation.
it seems a little risky to me to limit yourself to one option for college education. I'm applying to 8 schools alltogether: 3 dream schools (hopefully I'll get into one!!), 3 good schools that I'm sure I'll get into and that I like a lot, and then 2 safety schools just in case i dont get into any of the others!
with luvya07. I have a very similar plan for applying to universities and almost all of my friends are doing something similar. I guess it's true that you have to pay an extra 50 bucks or so per place you're applying, but at least the common app makes it so you don't have to fill out a ton of applications!
My English teacher said the same thing. You're not guaranteed to get into the school you're dying to go to, so you should have other schools just in case.
If you really are set on one university, why not apply just to there and like 2 safety schools that you know you will get into? Applying to more schools costs more money, so it might not be worth it to apply to other schools, especially if you know where you want to go.
If I were you then I would apply to the college(s) that you really want to go to first then I would apply to your secondary choices. So if you only have one college in mind then try to get into that one before you apply to your other choices.
Just posting to correct a previous poster--it is not practical to apply to your favorite school and then wait to see if you're accepted there before applying elsewhere. By the time you hear from Dream School, the other schools will probably have made their admission decisions and you'll be left out in the cold. I'd suggest one or two dream schools that might be a bit of a reach, a couple of good matches, and a safety or two.
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Just posting to correct a previous poster--it is not practical to apply to your favorite school and then wait to see if you're accepted there before applying elsewhere. By the time you hear from Dream School, the other schools will probably have made their admission decisions and you'll be left out in the cold. I'd suggest one or two dream schools that might be a bit of a reach, a couple of good matches, and a safety or two.
5 depends on what yo want to do after highschool