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>more students sending out far more applications (out of paranoia? Pressure?) Many college systems (e.g. UC) have a common application. Applying to more colleg
by 6gvONxR4sf7o 7y ago
>more students sending out far more applications (out of paranoia? Pressure?)
Many college systems (e.g. UC) have a common application. Applying to more colleges is just checking more boxes. There's another common application I just found on google that advertises "Explore nearly 900 colleges and universities using Common App." If it were me, and it were just another check box, or even checkbox + $50 or something, I'd hit a ton of them. Back in the day, I think I applied to every single UC for that reason.
As it is, it's not quite that simple (different essay questions, etc.), but the barrier to more applications has absolutely gone down.
- saagarjha 7y agoI seem to recall the Common App requiring work per-college that went beyond “check some boxes and pay us more”.
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 7y agoI don't think we're disagreeing? For the UC's it was that simple, but for the gigantic common app, it's not. Hence my comment "As it is, it's not quite that simple (different essay questions, etc.)..."
- saagarjha 7y agoAh, I thought you were considering the Common App to be equivalent to the UC application.