•••quote:•••Originally posted by vyc:
•this has been said before but i really want to emphasize that it isn't about QUANTITY, people...!
please, i'm telling you this from experience. i applied to way WAY!!!! too many schools, wasted a bunch of money, and a lot of my time.
apply to your state schools, pick a few "dream" schools (a FEW not 20 of the top 30! like the above poster suggests), and pick a few "safeties."
remember the national average is 15. i would say 15 is a good number.
if you're a CA resident, apply to about 25.•••••It's possible to have both quantity AND quality, but you've got to really work on it. Copy and Pasting in application essays CAN work. I was hugely humbled by my experience of applying only to twelve schools, but surprised that higher tiered schools interviewed me. So why not try to spend a few hundred dollars more so you won't regret it later on.