Girlie AGDee's College Search Thread

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Still, I don't think anyone advised 10 schools when I was a high school student. I remember most people applying to 4 or 5, and something like 7 would be considered a lot. This is one of those game theory things, though, where if everyone is applying to 5, you can apply to 5, but if everyone is applying to 10, your chances at each school are less certain, so you have to apply to 10 as well.

[LAblondeGPhi]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

Still, I don't think anyone advised 10 schools when I was a high school student. I remember most people applying to 4 or 5, and something like 7 would be considered a lot. This is one of those game theory things, though, where if everyone is applying to 5, you can apply to 5, but if everyone is applying to 10, your chances at each school are less certain, so you have to apply to 10 as well.

Goodness! I remember my high school counselor kept pushing all of us to apply to junior college, even the students with the grades, means and motivation to go to a top-tier four-year university right away. I don't know what his deal was, but I later saw him in a Bowflex infomercial ::shudder::

I applied to 3 schools, all of them University of California schools, and therefore when I say "applied to 3 schools" I mean that I filled out one application and checked 3 campus boxes on the form.