How many schools... Forum

[clarified_butter]

How many schools do applicants typically apply to? I'm a first year applicant and I was just curious about this topic.

How many is everyone else applying to? Thanks.

[top30man]

How many schools do applicants typically apply to? I'm a first year applicant and I was just curious about this topic. I plan on applying to 20 schools...the list is going to be a mix for me.

How many is everyone else applying to? Thanks.

19 for me. A couple reaches, mostly targets, semi-safeties and total safeties. With fee waivers applying to a bunch of schools is totally feasible. I only paid for four of the nineteen.

[071816]

I applied to 18. I probably wouldn't have applied to a lot of them, but I got 9 fee waivers.

[kwais]

16, fee waivers. probably would've done 10-12 without

[American_in_China]

10- basically all the schools I think I'd be happy to attend.

[Opie]

5, but I'm not willing to leave a fairly small radius from home.

[JamMasterJ]

8, but my numbers have historically produced fairly consistent results and I ED'd.
If you're an extreme splitter or URM, then 15+ seems credited, but for someone with a fairly predictable cycle 8-12 seems about right

[JamMasterJ]

16, fee waivers. probably would've done 10-12 without

surprised you applied to that many

[clarified_butter]

I also had fee waivers. It would have been so costly without them!

P.S. I just attached a poll to this thread too.

[charliep]

13

[Ernert]

18

[Lily Pad]

18, but with fee waivers only paying for 4 of them. I probably didn't need to apply to that many, but I'm extremely debt-averse and trying to maximize my chances for decent scholarships.

[Opie]

Of my five, all were waivers. I'd have done 2 without.

[vpintz]

i've applied to 5 so far. i would have applied to 3 or 4 more, but i got into my safety (which was odd, it was my first acceptance and they're usually pretty slow with admissions decisions...ANYWAY) so the extra 3/4 super safeties weren't necessary ;]

[franklyscarlet]

15, all with waivers. I gt my first acceptance relatively early and was able to cut some safeties from my list.

[john1990]

17, i have waivers for about 8, and i have a unique application. Otherwise i would do closer to 10

[thelawschoolproject]

. . . 23 . . . so embarrassing. Although, all of them are fee waivers except one.

[Opie]

. . . 23 . . . so embarrassing. Although, all of them are fee waivers except one.

Don't be embarrassed. You're a super strong candidate. You're just casting a wide net because you have a lot of options and can afford to be open.

[tooswolle]

So far I'm at 16 (thankful for few waivers) and only paid for one application. Pretty spread out applications with reaches, targets then safeties. Hoping for something good this holiday season.

[paul34]

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[clarified_butter]

That's a good thing...you didn't have to pay for 22 schools...imagine how costly that could have been!

. . . 23 . . . so embarrassing. Although, all of them are fee waivers except one.

[Flappy Scribbleneck]

Applied to 18, influenced by fee waivers - will probably apply to four more before the end of the year

[lsdream]

Applied to 16 - received three fee waivers. My parents funded the cost - no time to make your target small, right?

[Take Two]

17 for me. Fee waivers to all but 4, figured why not see if I can work some scholarship magic

[NoleinNY]

Does anyone else think the poll looks like it is flipping TLS the bird?