BUT WHY SO MANY?

I often get the same thing from student's who are advised to select 4-6 schools as potential candidates for admissions, "But Why So Many? I only want to go to..". There are several reasons why we advise multiple candidates but I will stick to the 2 highest on the priority scale and then demonstrate an additional reason that has recently came to light.

1. Show me the money!: In order to best position yourself, one must apply to a few schools that will actually compete for you. Some schools will in fact compete by their award letters, others will NOT. The fact is you will not know until such time that you cannot do anything about it (April,May).
2. Congratulations VS Apologies!: The last thing you want to get in the mail is a rejection letter and to add insult to injury, it be your only school that you applied to! Make sure to research your selection and make qualified educated decisions about who to apply for and who not to!

Recently, there is also a fringe reason to add additional schools to the list and it's not a pleasant one! I have been reading several recent articles that are alluding to admissions NOT going to the most qualified candidates but rather the ones who are "well connected"! Be sure not to get this sense of conspiracy or paranoia that EVERY school is tainted because they aren't! You just never know which ones are and which ones are not and in the end, you may be qualified but bumped because someones father or mother has deeper pockets or more clout than yours do!

Click here for an article about such a problem at a VERY HIGH PROFILE PROGRAM!


Please understand, I am not saying that just because you get a bad hamburger at McDonald's in Alaska, the whole hamburger chain is bad.......
It just reinforces the reason to have multiple options available to you in the end!

Talk to you again soon!
Jon

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