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This isn't really an issue of being "old" or what have you. Most of the application frenzy is related to getting into about 30 different colleges, if even that many. Kids who don't have those schools on their radar are still applying to only 2-3 schools.
I think the major exception to this is the Northeast Corridor, where there are just so many students, coupled with the higher interest in those 30 colleges, that you really have to hedge your bets. I was the only kid in my class who applied to my first choice--meanwhile, my best friend from college grew up in NYC, where 100 kids from her school applied. The odds are wonky up here.
Some states have auto-admit programs for students at the top of their classes or who have taken a certain number of college credits. So, those kids may end up applying to only one school, or maybe two if they are comparing scholarship offers. So, the "frenzy" is really a limited phenomenon and doesn't reflect reality for the vast majority of high schoolers today.
Last edited by Munchkin03; 03-24-2012 at 10:07 PM.
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